Its all about the winds. Keep a close eye on localized winds and wind affect. Any areas that have seen winds will likely be pushing into considerable danger ratings.....
Winds are finally starting to make some fresh windslabs out there. As these build they will become more reactive and have larger consequenecs to skiers and boarders.
There seems to be lots of variability with this layer. As always, thin areas transitioning to localized wind loaded pockets will be more sensitive.
Light snowfalls will persist over the next few days with 5cm of snow forecast overnight and up to 15cm over the next 72hrs. The big thing at current is winds. SW winds increased on Tuesday and we expect them to continue into Wednesday. With all the recent snow around, conditions will change quickly with new windslabs building.
A few small loose dry sluffs were observed but overall there was no new slab avalanches noted by field teams.
Up to 10cm of recent snow at treeline combined with the recent low density snow is being moved around by winds creating new windslabs in open areas up to 20cm thick. These new windslabs are overlying a variety of snow surfaces from sun crusts, surface hoar and previous windslabs. Evaluate this interface as you travel and feel for that drummy hollow feeling. Deeper down the November crust still persists and should still be in your mind.
