It's a good time to explore bigger terrain, but remember to check for wind slabs in steep terrain near ridgetop and on crossloaded features at treeline.
Previous southwesterly winds built small wind slabs on lee slopes at upper elevations. Assess for slabs in steep terrain near ridges before entering committing terrain.
We haven't received any recent reports of avalanches.
It remains possible that riders could trigger small wind slabs near ridgetop.
Please share any observations to the Mountain Information Network.
15 to 35 cm of snow overlies a hard melt-freeze crust. The amount of snow depends on aspect and elevation. Another potential 5 cm may fall in the region on Saturday.
Strong southwesterly wind has stripped windward areas down to the crust in many areas, and built small wind slabs on leeward slopes and crossloaded features. These wind slabs may remain triggerable on Saturday.
Check out this MIN post for more details on conditions at Core Lodge.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy. 0 to 4 cm of snow. 20 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -18 °C.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy. 0 to 2 cm of snow. 30 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -23 °C.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy. 0 to 5 cm of snow. 40 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -25 °C.
Monday
Mix of sun and clouds. 0 to 2 cm of snow. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -13 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
