Storm slabs remain reactive to human triggers, especially in wind affected terrain.
Continue to make conservative terrain choices while the storm snow settles and stabilizes.
Triggering deeper weak layers is most likely to occur in isolated alpine areas where a supportive crust below the recent snow is not present.
Up to 35 cm of recent snow and strong southwest winds have formed fresh storm slabs that will be most reactive in wind affected terrain.
On Wednesday, numerous natural and explosive triggered storm slab avalanches up to size 2 were reported primarily on north and easterly aspects at treeline and above.
20-35 cm of recent snow and strong southwest winds have formed fresh storm slabs that will be most reactive in wind affected terrain. This recent snow overlies a 3 to 5 cm thick crust below 2200 m.
90 to 140 cm down is a weak layer of faceted snow at higher elevations or surface hoar in sheltered terrain.
100 to 160 cm down is a prominent crust which may have facets above or below.
Depth hoar(large facets) can be found at the bottom of the snowpack.
Thursday Night
Cloudy. 10 to 20 cm of snow. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C. Freezing level 1600 m.
Friday
Mostly cloudy. 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C. Freezing level 1000 m.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries. 0 to 5 cm of snow. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C. Freezing level valley bottom.
Sunday
Mix of sun and clouds. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C. Freezing level valley bottom.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
