Snow accumulating throughout the day will build upon reactive storm slabs.
Seek out sheltered areas for the best riding and use conservative decision-making until the snow settles.
Storm snow continues to pile up creating reactive storm slabs.
Southwest winds may deposit deep pockets of snow creating wind slabs at higher elevations in exposed terrain.
Precipitation may arrive as rain at lower elevations. This may cause the upper snowpack to become saturated and cause wet loose avalanches in steep and rocky terrain.
To the immediate north of our region, there were three wind slab avalanches reported. These were size ones that were triggered accidentally and naturally. These were found at elevations as low as below treeline.
A natural size one wind slab avalanche was reported in the Sky Pilot area on Sunday. This was in the alpine on an east aspect. More of the same, as well as storm slabs, should be expected from the weather that has been hitting our region since this report was submitted.
Sitting on top of a sun crust on solar aspects and a melt-freeze crust at lower elevation, you can find up to 40 cm of new snow that started accumulating on Friday. Because of this crust the recent snow may not bond well. Southerly winds have also created wind slabs in exposed terrain at higher elevations.
In general, the mid and lower snowpack is well-settled and bonded.
If you are a visual learner click here to get a look and explanation of the current snowpack.
Monday Night
Cloudy, 6 cm accumulation, winds southwest 25 to 30 km/h, with freezing levels falling to 600 m.
Tuesday
Cloudy with sunny breaks late in the day, 5 to 10 cm accumulation, winds southwest 30 to 35 km/h, freezing levels 500 rising to 1000 m.
Wednesday
Cloudy with periods of sun, trace accumulation, winds northwest 15 km/h gusting to 30, freezing levels 500 rising to 1000 m.
Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud, no accumulation, winds southeast 15 to 20 km/h, freezing levels rising to 1600 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
