Bring your buff, as cool temps and increased winds will prevail on Wednesday and Thursday. Soft snow still exists in sheltered areas at treeline and below treeline.
Windslabs that formed in the past week may still be human triggerable. Fresh windslabs will form on lee features on Wednesday and Thursday with W-SW winds up to 40 km/hr.
A few natural windslab avalanches to size 1.5 were observed in the park over the last week.
Up to 40 cm of snow has been redistributed into windslabs by moderate to strong SW winds. Surface snow remains unconsolidated below treeline and in sheltered treeline areas. This overlies the January drought layer which includes facetted snow on northerly aspects or a melt freeze crust below treeline and on steep solar slopes into the alpine. Generally, the snowpack has become weak and facetted.
Snowpack depths at treeline range from 75 - 150 cm.
Cool with a subtle increase in temperature and wind through the forecast period.
Check out the Mountain Weather Forecast for the most up to date information.
