As storm has brought new snow and wind to the alpine. Expect to find a reactive storm slab, especially in lee features.
New snow and strong gusty winds will create a fresh storm slab problem. This is expected to be most reactive to human triggering in lee features. We may see natural avalanches from steep terrain, especially during times of intense solar radiation.
Several wet loose avalanches up to size 2.5 and a size 3 glide slab release have been observed through the highway corridor over the weekend. Neighboring operations have reported natural cornice failures.
10-20cms of new snow sits on top of a variety of old spring-like surfaces. Anything from crusts to moist or wet snow depending on time of day, aspect and elevation.
A thick rain crust from the March atmospheric river sits 20-50cm below the surface.
Below treeline the surface varies from isothermal sticky snow to refrozen tree bombs and huge debris fields from the massive avalanche cycle in March.
