Dial back your terrain choices if you're seeing recent avalanches or cracking in the new snow.
Snowfall amounts vary over short distances.
New snow and strong winds may have formed new wind slabs in lee terrain features. These slabs may not bond well with old snow surfaces. Assess for slabs prior to committing to consequential terrain.
We haven't received reports of recent avalanches.
Looking forward, riders could trigger new wind slabs at higher elevations.
Please consider submitting a MIN to let us know what you're seeing out there.
Below 1600 m, rain falls on an already wet snowpack. Above 1600 m, about 15 to 30cm of snow accumulated and is being blown around with strong winds. This snow may form wind slabs in lee terrain features near ridgetop, which may not bond well to an underlying crust.
A weak layer of facets above a hard crust is buried 50 to 70 cm deep. This layer hasn't produced avalanches since last week's warm weather.
Facets exist at the base of the snowpack in shallow areas.
The snowpack continues to melt at lower elevations.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy. 5 to 10 cm of snow. 20 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. Up to 5 cm of snow. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -11 °C.
Friday
Mix of sun and clouds. 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
