Continually assess conditions as you move through terrain.
Wind slabs could exist on high north facing terrain and wet loose avalanches could be triggered on steep, sunny slopes.
Wind slabs exist on north and east aspects. Recent strong wind means that slabs may have formed farther down slope than expected.
Wet loose avalanches are likely on steep slopes when the surface is wet or moist.
Over the past few days several small, skier triggered wind slab and dry loose avalanches have been triggered in steep terrain. The majority of this avalanche activity has been on north and east aspects at treeline and above. A couple of the wind slab avalanches reported have propagated wider than expected.
10 to 20 cm of recent storm snow, accompanied by southerly wind overlies a thin sun crust on southerly aspects and previously wind affected snow on north aspects. The snow surface will become moist on steep sun exposed slopes during the day on Sunday.
The early February crust/facet layer is down 20 to 50 cm.
A widespread crust and facet layer from late January is buried 40 to 100 cm deep.
The mid and lower snowpack is well settled and strong.
Saturday Night
Clear skies. 10 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Monday
Mostly cloudy. 1 to 5 cm of snow. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.
Tuesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 1 to 2 cm of snow. 20 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
