South Okanagan

Wind slabs may be reactive to riders, especially where they sit over a slippery crust.

Wind slabs were stubborn to trigger on Sunday, but ski cuts and explosives produced a few results size 1-2, on east aspects at alpine and treeline elevations.

If you are heading into the backcountry, please share any observations with the Mountain Information Network.

5-20 cm of dry snow sits over crusty surfaces and a moist upper snowpack. At upper elevations, it has been redistributed by wind. Curious about riding quality? This MIN report says it best.

Within the top meter of the snowpack, there may be a few layers of surface hoar, facets, crusts or a combination. These layers appear to vary in their distribution and have not triggered recent avalanches, but they could become reactive in isolated areas as additional snow accumulates above them.

The remainder of the snowpack is well consolidated and generally stable.

Monday Night
Partly cloudy. 1 to 2 cm of snow. 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.

Tuesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.

Wednesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 1 to 5 cm of snow. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

Thursday
Mostly cloudy. 4 to 10 cm of snow. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Be careful with wind-loaded pockets, especially near ridge crests and rollovers.
• Keep in mind a buried crust offers an excellent bed surface for avalanches.