The new snow will require several days to stabilize, a cautious approach to avalanche terrain is recommended.
Summary
Weather Forecast
A westerly flow continues and a much weaker front will track through bringing light precip and rising freezing levels for Thur and Fri. Wednesday: A mix of sun and cloud. Alpine low -12C, High -10 C. Ridge wind light west.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 15cm of new snow came in with strong to extreme SW winds. Previous old surfaces were; loose facets in sheltered terrain; wind affected in exposed areas; and, sun crust to treeline on solar aspects. The mid/lower snowpack is relatively strong for the region in deeper snowpack areas, and weak and facetted in shallow snowpack areas.
Avalanche Summary
A group of skiers triggered a large windslab avalanche in the backcountry near Marmot Basin Tuesday.A widespread cycle of small-large loose dry avalanches occurred Monday night during the snow and wind storm - these started small, but scrubbed down in to the facets.Several large windslab avalanches on alpine NE aspects also ran during the storm.
Confidence