Shifting winds can result in difficult to identify patterns of wind slab. Watch for signs of instability like shooting cracks as you transition to open terrain.
Recent new snow with strong northeast winds developed wind slabs in lee terrain features and continues to be possible to trigger by riders. New southwest winds may make these old wind slabs hard to identify.
Several loose dry activity up to size 1.5 in neighboring regions out of steep terrain features.
Recent snow has accumulated over a crust at treeline and alpine elevations. On the east side of the region, there is 20 to 40 cm, and on the west side 10 cm on this crust.
Below this crust, the shallow faceted snowpack is moist, with two crust layers, one in the midpack and another near the base of the snowpack. Avalanches on these layers are unlikely, but we continued to monitor their reactivity.
Tuesday Night
Mainly cloudy. Alpine wind west 10 to 15 km/h. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
Wednesday
Cloudy then clearing with sunny breaks. Alpine wind northeast 5 to 15 km/h. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
Thursday
Mainly cloudy. Wind southwest 10 to 20 km/h. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
Friday
Mainly cloudy, 3 to 5 cm accumulation. Wind southwest 20 to 25 km/h. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
