Weak layers in the upper snowpack are buried at a depth where human-triggering is possible.
Watch for signs of instability like shooting cracks and back off steep slopes if observed.
New snow continues to incrementally load weak layers in the upper snowpack. Small slab avalanches are possible in isolated terrain features. Steep terrain where there are no supportive crusts are likely areas.
In the past week, reported avalanche activity has been small size 1 dry loose and storm slabs.
Roughly 15 to 25 cm of recently accumulated snow has buried a widespread layer of surface hoar/facets and a crust.
Below this, the upper snowpack has several crusts and/or surface hoar layers depending on aspect and elevation. Isolated pockets of preserved surface hoar have been triggered in the past week.
The remainder of the snowpack is dense and well bonded, containing many more crusts.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. 1 to 3 cm of snow. 10 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -15 °C.
Thursday
Mix of sun and clouds. 2 cm of snow. 10 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -15 °C.
Friday
Mostly sunny. 10 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -13 °C.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
