Strong outflow winds continue to build wind slabs, many into the lower alpine and treeline elevations.
Strong outflow winds continue to build wind slabs, many into the lower alpine and treeline elevations. Previous wind variability makes forecasting aspect challenging. Use caution with cross loaded features that might be less obvious.
On Tuesday, numerous wind slab and loose dry avalanches were reported up to size 2. Many occurring naturally and some rider triggered.
Strong outflowing winds from the north east continue building wind slabs in alpine and down into treeline. Many exposed areas scoured to previous firm surfaces. These new wind slabs have formed over previous old wind slabs or old faceted layer.
In sheltered areas up to 40 cm of recent snow overlies a layer of buried surface hoar or a crust below 1700 m.
The rest of the snowpack is well settled.
Wednesday Night
Clear. No new snow expected, east alpine winds 50 km/h, treeline temperature -16° C.
Thursday
Increasing cloud throughout the day, no new snow expected, east alpine winds 20- 40 km/h, treeline temperature -15 °C.
Friday
Mostly cloudy, up to 10 cm of snow Friday night, southerly alpine winds up to 20km/h, treeline temperature -12 °C.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, up to 5 cm of snow, southwest alpine winds up to 30 km/h, treeline temperature -10 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
