Excellent riding can be found in sheltered treeline locations. Sensitive windslabs still plague the alpine, but loading is occurring at all elevations. Keep your head up.
Weather Forecast
Friday Accumulation: 8 cm.Alpine temperature: High -8 °C.Ridge wind southwest: 15 km/h gusting to 45 km/h.Freezing level at valley bottom.Thur-Sun 11mmSaturday minimal snow winds shifting to the north and light as the cold arctic air envelops the area on sunday
Snowpack Summary
Wind slabs continue to build in exposed lee features. A significant crust (black friday, Nov.23) can be found down 30 to 70cms. A persistent slab overlays this crust and so far the bond appears to be strengthening at this interface. The Halloween crust sits well down in the snowpack at TL locations and as high as 2700m.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed or reported
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.