Challenging ski conditions exist at lower elevations with thin coverage and a crust of variable thickness.
Watch out for early season hazards.
Isolated pockets of wind slab may still be lingering in the Alpine from last weeks storm. Keep a lookout for this problem in unsupported Alpine lee slopes.
No new avalanches observed over the last few days.
Late last week, several avalanches up to size 3.0 were observed in the highway corridor and in the Connaught area. Some of these avalanches ran to ground in lower elevation runout zones.
A crust of varying thickness and strength exists up to 2200m. Above this elevation, dry snow can still be found but isolated pockets of windslab may still be lingering near ridgetop in the Alpine.
A storm is on track to reach us Saturday night bringing much awaited precipitation.
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries. Alpine low -5°C. Wind SW 25km/h. Freezing Level (FZL) 1300m
Fri: Cloudy with isolated flurries. Alpine high -4°C. FZL 1400m. Wind SW 30km/h
Sat: Snow. 19cm. Alpine high -4°C. FZL 1500m. Wind SW 40 km/h
Sun: Snow. 15cm. Alpine high -3°C. Wind SW 40. FZL 1600m
