Continually monitor the changing weather and snowpack conditions over the next few days. New snow may take some time to bond to the underlying layers.
As new snow and westerly alpine winds arrive through the day expect soft slab development in exposed features, near ridges and high points. New wind slabs may overlay potentially weak layers or surface hoar, facets and/or crusts.
A number of buried weak layers remain possible to trigger. These layers appear to be most problematic in in shallow, variable snow depth, rocky start zones.
A couple of small (size 1) wind slabs, 10 to 20 cm deep, were reported Sunday, in alpine terrain near ridges on generally southeasterly terrain.
Backcountry users continue to report evidence of a significant avalanche cycle during the recent warm, wet, and windy weather early in the week. The majority of these avalanches were wind slabs, however, a number of avalanches stepped down to buried persistent layers, creating large, scary avalanches, like this one nearby in the Telkwa area on Friday.
If you are out in the backcountry please consider filling out a Mountain Information Network report.
New low-density snow overlays various wind-affected surfaces in alpine terrain and widespread, supportive, melt-freeze crusts at lower elevations (roughly 1900 m and below).
The mid and lower snowpack continues to bond and stabilize while a number of buried weak layers remain a concern and have produced a number of large recent avalanches.
Monday night
Cloudy with light snow, 2 to 5 cm. Treeline temperatures -5 to -10 C. Moderate southwest winds.
Tuesday
Cloudy with snow, 5 to 15 cm. Treeline temperatures -5 to -10 C. Strong southwest alpine winds.
Wednesday
Cloudy with snow, 5 to 15 cm. Treeline temperatures -5 to -10 C. Strong southwest alpine winds.
Thursday
Cloudy with snow, 10 to 30 cm. Treeline temperatures -5 to -10 C. Strong south winds.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
