Spring conditions are here. Excellent skiing on high North aspects and supportive travel early in the day! The hazard will rise as the temperatures heat up during the day. Start your trips early and be off of big slopes before they heat up. CJ
Summary
Weather Forecast
Sunday looks like a cool clear day with overnight lows around -12`C, light W winds and freezing levels near 1700m. Monday will see increasing cloud, Light SW winds, alpine temperatures up to -2 and freezing levels near 2000m. Tuesday will see some snow flurries, freezing levels near 2000m and light W winds.
Snowpack Summary
10-12cm of new snow over a supportive crust on all aspects and elevations today. Some moist snow at lower elevations. Snow pack becoming isothermal below 1700m later in the day. Small wind slabs present near ridge crests in the alpine from strong NW winds.
Avalanche Summary
Some loose sluffing out of steep terrain today up to size 1. In the past several days we saw numerous slab avalanches on all aspects and elevations up to size 3 failing on basal facets when the temperatures got really warm. Loose wet avalanches and cornice failures were also observed.
Confidence
Freezing levels are uncertain on Tuesday