Ski quality varies throughout the day with solar warming.
Ice and snow close to town continue to deteriorate with high freezing levels.
Warm temps have caused settlement in the snowpack at lower elevations. Windslabs still exist in higher terrain, especially on polar slopes
High freezing levels and alpine inversions throughout the weekend will weaken cornices.
Sunday: Mainly sunny with cloudy periods. SW winds gusting to moderate. Alpine High -1. Freezing levels 2000m.
Monday: Cloudy with flurries in the afternoon, trace amounts snow. Moderate SW wind . Alpine temps, high -4. Freezing levels 1600m.
Tuesday: Cloudy with flurries, amounting to 10 - 15 cm. Light NE winds. Alpine high -7. FL valley bottom.
Winds have pressed or scoured snowpack at all elevations. Moist snow to approximately 2000m on Saturday and higher on steep solar aspects. This overlies Jan 18 crust extending all aspects up to 2000m, and higher on solar aspects. Well settled midpack, with facets above Dec 4 crust, buried 150-200 cm, above Nov layers.
A few small wet loose avalanches observed during peak warming on Thursday. Please post any avalanche observations on the Mountain Information Network, we really appreciate any observations.
