Sheltered areas will provide the best skiing. Avoid thine areas as these are likely spots for triggering an avalanche.
Summary
Confidence
Moderate - Timing of incoming weather systems is uncertain
Weather Forecast
Thursday is forecast to bring mostly cloudy skies with a chance of flurries. Temperatures until the weekend are forecast for daytime highs of -5c and overnight lows of -9c. 70-100km/hr winds out of the SW are also forecast from now until the weekend. The weather models are in agreement that snow is on its way but the timing and amounts are still uncertain. Some models show the snow starting as early as Friday. Stay tune as the weekend approaches!!!!
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed or reported today.
Snowpack Summary
10cm of low density snow overlies mostly a well settled upper snow pack. In sheltered areas, the January 17 surface hoar can be found down 20cm and is on our radar if a slab develops overtop of it. The upper snow pack is sitting on top of 40-60cm of weak basal facets. In higher snow pack areas, there is more bridging with the basal facets and in thinner snow pack areas, the basal facets are more reactive to testing. The bottom line is that the thinner spots can be more easily triggered and if there is a slide on this layer, it will most likely propagate and go to ground.