Skip work and get out and get some turns or swing the tools folks, winter's almost over. You're going to miss it when it's gone!
Weather Forecast
The weather pattern will remain stable for the day Thursday; full cloud cover, moderate SE-ly winds with some local variation, small inputs of snow and freezing levels are to remain below 2000ms. Mild sub-zero temperatures and brisk winds should keep the snow surface dry and anything left available to transport will continue to load lee features.
Snowpack Summary
Until we have a significant change in snow or sun there will be little modification to the danger. Local variations though forecast area (near townsite) with significant rising daytime temps, freezing levels or snow inputs will weaken the bond on the storm slab at the surface on steeper slopes, especially on solar aspects or lower elevations.
Avalanche Summary
Field reports found no new activity to report.
Confidence
Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain
Problems
Wind Slabs
Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.
Deep Persistent Slabs
Deep Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a thick cohesive layer of hard snow (a slab), when the bond breaks between the slab and an underlying persistent weak layer deep in the snowpack. The most common persistent weak layers involved in deep, persistent slabs are depth hoar or facets surrounding a deeply buried crust. Deep Persistent Slabs are typically hard to trigger, are very destructive and dangerous due to the large mass of snow involved, and can persist for months once developed. They are often triggered from areas where the snow is shallow and weak, and are particularly difficult to forecast for and manage.