carefully assess the bond between storm snow and the underlying crust. Natural avalanche activity has tapered off but human triggering is still possible.
New storm and wind slabs could still be reactive due to the crust they have formed over. The largest and most reactive slabs will likely be found on north and east aspects.
On Friday one size 1.5 skier remote was reported. This avalanche released on a steep northeast slope at 1400m at the interface between the storm snow and the crust below. Several other avalanches like this one were reported to have occurred on Friday. triggers included ski cuts and naturals. Check out this MIN from Mt Washington.
30 to 70cm of recent storm snow has likely been redistributed into wind slabs on north and east aspects and cross loading on others. This recent snow overlies a crust above 1000m. A thin layer of facets could exist at this interface. Below 1000m the snow surface could still be moist.
Once again terrain below treeline has limited or no coverage.
Saturday Night
Cloudy with the possibility of light flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow to treeline and above. Light variable winds and freezing level around 900m.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with the possibility of light flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow. Light to moderate southeast winds and freezing levels around 900m.
Monday
cloudy with light flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow. Moderate southeast winds and freezing levels falling to around 800m.
Tuesday
Stormy with 5 to 15cm of new snow. Moderate south wind and freezing levels around 800m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
