Clouds with light snowfall should discourage heating through the start of next week with minimal natural avalanche activity expected.
We continue to avoid thin snowpack areas where a large avalanche could be triggered on the basal weakness.
Continue to pay attention to the weak basal facet layer in areas where the snowpack is shallow (<2 m) such as moraines or wind-scoured areas, or in places where a large trigger like a cornice fall could impact the slope.
No new avalanches observed or reported today.
A few cm of new snow buries sun crusts to ridgetop and temperature crusts below 1500m.
The March 25 interface is down 5 to15 cm while the March 12 interface is down 15 to 30cm. Both of these are represented by crusts on solar aspects and facets on shaded slopes.
The mid-pack in this area is generally strong, although the base of the snowpack consists of weak facets in thin areas (<2 m).
Saturday evening a low over the Prairies will maintain cloud and flurries as winds shift to the NW at 30km/h. Snowfall amount: 5-10 through midday Sunday.
By Sunday afternoon the low will drive an upslope push as winds shift NE and diminish. Snowfall amounts will likely favour the eastern slopes and range from 5-15cm through Monday morning.
