Cold temps will freeze the surface of the snowpack the next couple of days.
Be prepared for rugged travel, creeks opening up, and variable surface conditions.
There is 5cms of new snow (possibly more with convective flurries) and wind in the forecast. This new snow may not bond well to the crust underneath. Potential avalanches may not be large in size but may run farther than expected on the crust
Natural wet loose and wet slab avalanches up to size 2.5 observed in the highway corridor on Monday/Tuesday.
Field team in Connaught creek observed a natural size 2 wet loose avalanche on Sunday AM.
Two reports of skier triggered size 2 slab avalanches last week. One from from Quartz creek, and a second on the Thorington.
Cooler temps will give us good overnight freezes this week, in fact we may not see it thaw at all...
Beneath the crust there is 40-80cms of moist to wet snow above the robust March 21 crust. This crust could be a great sliding layer when things warm up again.
We're trending towards a more typical spring melt/freeze snowpack, but we're not quite there yet.
Cooler weather with prevail for the later part of the week.
Tonight Mix of clear and cloud, precip: 1-2mm. Alp Low -9°C. Freezing level (FZL) 700m. Ridgetop wind N 20-40km/h.
Thurs Mix of sun/cloud w convective flurries. Snow: 5cms. Alp High -7°C. Wind N 25-40km/h. FZL 1400m.
Fri Sunny. Alp High -6°C. Wind Northeast 20-40km/h. FZL 1500m.
Sat Mix of sun and cloud. High -3 °C. Wind NE 10km/h. FZL 1800m
