You may find touchy wind slabs at higher elevations. Best to employ cautious route-selection and decision-making in suspect terrain features.
Summary
Confidence
High -
Weather Forecast
MONDAY NIGHT: Clearing, freezing level below valley bottom.TUESDAY: Clear with afternoon clouds, light southwest winds, alpine temperature -11 C, freezing level below valley bottom.WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with light snowfall, accumulation 5 cm, light to moderate southwest winds, alpine temperature -6 C, freezing level below valley bottom.THURSDAY: Cloudy with light snowfall, accumulation 5 cm, light to moderate southwest winds, alpine temperature -4 C, freezing level below valley bottom.
Avalanche Summary
A few small to large (size 1.5 to 2) storm slab avalanches were triggered by skiers and naturally in the region on Sunday.
Snowpack Summary
40 to 80 cm of recent snow has been redistributed by strong south to southwest winds. Wind effect is widespread in the alpine as well as isolated features at treeline elevations. A thin (1 to 2 mm) freezing-rain crust under the new snow has been reported in the mountains surrounding Revelstoke. Below this, the snowpack is generally well-settled and strong.
mconlan,
Avalanche Canada
