Recent new snow fell with winds blowing from a variety of directions.
New snow Sunday and Monday combined with wind blowing from a variety of directions will have created fresh wind slabs in exposed areas.
Monday Night: Cloudy with clear periods. Moderate northeast wind. Alpine high temperature around -10.
Tuesday: Cloudy with clear periods. Moderate to strong north wind. Alpine high temperature around -7.
Wednesday: Mix of sun and cloud. Moderate west wind. Alpine high temperature around -4.
Thursday: Cloudy with flurries. Moderate to strong west wind. Alpine high temperature around -2. Freezing level 1500 m.
No new avalanches were reported over the past couple of days.
5-15 cm of recent new snow sits on top of a variety of old surfaces including hard wind affected snow, sun crust on slopes facing the sun and a melt freeze crust at lower elevations.
At lower elevations, two surface hoar layers 50-60 cm and 75-90 cm below the surface may still be present in the northern part of the region. Warm temperatures for an extended period last week have likely had a stabilizing effect on these buried weak layers.
