Purcells

Don't let tracks on a slope lure you into bigger terrain.

This problem is best managed with conservative terrain choices.

Recent snow continues to settle and bond. This new snow is sitting atop old wind-affected snow and weak, sugary facets.

The mid-snowpack is generally made up of faceted snow and various old crusts.

At the base of the snowpack, weak faceted grains and depth hoar are present, particularly in alpine terrain.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy with no snow, west alpine winds 15 to 30 km/h, treeline temperature -7 °C.

Friday

A mix of sun and cloud with no snow, southwest alpine winds 20 to 30 km/h, treeline temperature -5 °C.

Saturday

Mostly cloudy with a trace of snow, southwest alpine winds 10 to 30 km/h, treeline temperature -3 °C.

Sunday

Mostly cloudy with a trace of snow, southwest alpine winds 20 to 40 km/h, treeline temperature 0 °C, freezing levels reaching 2500 m by the end of the day.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avoid shallow, rocky areas where the snowpack transitions from thick to thin.
• Avoid thin areas like rock outcroppings where you're most likely to trigger avalanches failing on deep weak layers.