Up to 70 cm of recent snow and strong southwest winds continue to form wind slabs reactive to human triggers.
Make conservative terrain choices and avoid overhead hazard.
Up to 70 cm of recent snow and strong southwest winds have formed slabs that will be most reactive in wind affected terrain.
Triggering deeper weak layers is most likely to occur in isolated alpine areas where a supportive crust below the recent snow is not present.
On Thursday, a naturally triggered size 1.5 storm slab avalanche was reported on northeast aspect in the alpine.
On Wednesday, several explosive triggered storm slab avalanches up to size 2 were reported on north and easterly aspects in the alpine.
10 to 15 cm of new snow brings recent snow totals to 50 to 70 cm. The recent snow and strong west winds have formed slabs overlying a 5 to 15 cm thick crust.
Above 1800 m, a prominent crust is down 100 to 150 cm deep.
Below 1800 m, the mid/lower snowpack is moist to the ground in most areas.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy with flurries. 5 to 10 cm of snow. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C. Freezing level valley bottom.
Saturday
Cloudy with isolated flurries. 0 to 5 cm of snow. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C. Freezing level valley bottom.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C. Freezing level valley bottom.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries. 0 to 5 cm of snow. 35 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C. Freezing level valley bottom.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
