The strong westerly flow remains in place for at least another day. Ridgetop winds were consistently strong to extreme Tuesday and there is till some redistribution of storm snow occurring - windslabs continue to build and become more cohesive.
Summary
Confidence
Good
Weather Forecast
Mix of sun/cloud with no new precipitation. Westerly flow remaining strong to extreme with gusts to 85km/h predicted.
Avalanche Summary
One Size 1 loose dry reported in the Buller chutes. One Size 3 SSL off of east side of Snow Peak probably occurred in previous 24 hours - ran to middle of runout zone taking out "usual" uptrack. Numerous Size 2 SSL on NE asp Mt Sir Douglas and at Burstall Pass. FL generally 1m deep with bed surface a combination of ground and old snow layers.
Snowpack Summary
Wind transport along ridgetops has been reduced due to the fact that most loose snow that was available for wind transport has been moved around - but some redistribution is till occurring. A perfect combo of new snow, wind and mild temps has created new windslabs with variable thickness depending upon location and amount of snow in fetch zones. In the Burstall area they varied from 20-50cm thick.