It is a good time to tackle bigger objectives, but keep your guard up. Avalanches are still possible in LOW danger.
Summary
Confidence
High - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
Saturday: Mainly sunny. The freezing level is around 800-1000 m. Ridge winds are light from the Southeast. Sunday: A mix of sun and cloud. The freezing level is around 1000 m. Ridge winds are light from the Southwest. Monday: A mix of sun and cloud. The freezing level is near 1200-1400 m. Ridge winds are light and variable.
Avalanche Summary
A couple accidentally triggered slabs up to size 1.5 were reported on Thursday. These were from exposed cross-loaded slopes in the alpine. Otherwise only small loose snow avalanches were reported.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 20 cm of dry snow sits on a variety of old surfaces including a melt-freeze crust on solar aspects in the alpine, smooth old snow on higher elevation lee slopes, and well-developed surface hoar in sheltered areas at treeline and lower elevations. This dry surface snow could be capped by a sun crust on steep solar aspects or a fresh layer of surface hoar on sheltered and shady slopes. Variable winds have created soft wind slabs in lee and cross-loaded terrain in alpine areas. The mid and lower snowpack is generally strong.
pmarshall,
Avalanche Canada
