While we expect the avalanche danger is generally low, continue to practice good travel habits and watch for signs of lingering wind slabs.
On Monday and Tuesday, wind from the northeast through southeast formed small reactive wind slabs. Now that the wind has eased, these wind slabs are generally expected to have stabilized. However, a few reactive slabs may still be lingering in steep or convex leeward features.
Wednesday night: Partly cloudy, light east wind, treeline low around -15 °C.
Thursday: Mainly cloudy with sunny breaks, light east wind, treeline high around -8 °C.
Friday: Mainly cloudy with sunny breaks, light variable wind, treeline high around -6 °C.
Saturday: A mix of sun and cloud, light to moderate east wind, treeline high around -4 °C.
On Tuesday, the Avalanche Canada field team reported a few natural size 1-1.5 wind slabs in steep leeward features in the alpine.
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10-20 cm of aging storm snow has buried a widespread melt-freeze crust which formed during the major warming event on April 8. Periods of strong wind from the northeast through southeast on Monday and Tuesday have redistributed the recent snowfall in exposed high elevation terrain.
Multiple crusts exist in the upper snowpack which are currently considered stable and well bonded with the ongoing cold conditions. The middle and lower snowpack are currently well settled and strong.
