The best riding right now is probably on high north aspects, which is also where the hazard is the highest. Don't let your guard down when searching for fresh powder. If the sun comes out in full force, use extra caution on south slopes.
Summary
Confidence
Moderate - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
We're into a stable and benign weather pattern with cooling temperatures and isolated flurries.WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with light flurries (local accumulations 5-15cm possible) / Light northerly winds / Freezing levels around 400 m.THURSDAY: Cloudy with sunny breaks and isolated flurries / Light southerly winds / Freezing levels at valley bottom / Alpine high temperatures near -8 Celsius.FRIDAY: A mix of sun and cloud and isolated flurries / Light variable winds / Freezing levels at valley bottom / Alpine high temperatures near -8 Celsius.
Avalanche Summary
On Friday there was a spooky remote-triggered Size 3 near Valemount. It was at ridge crest, upper treeline elevation on a southwest aspect.
See here for this great MIN post.Since temperatures cooled down over the weekend, we've had limited reports of slab avalanches, even with cornice fall as a trigger.
Snowpack Summary
We've had little change over past several days with 1-5cm new snow each day in most areas (and some spots receiving 15cm low density snow). Expect to find 15-35 cm of newer snow blown into wind slabs at higher elevations, most recently by some moderate southeast winds. The sun is starting to pack a punch and can trigger loose snow avalanches mid-day. The sun is also creating a thin crust on steep southerly aspects. At lower elevations there's moist snow or supportive crust below 1700m. Settling snow (40-60cm) from last week is still bonding slowly to the previous snow surface from early February, which is now down 50-80 cm. The persistent weakness buried mid-January is now down around 80-100 cm and the surface hoar/facet weakness buried mid-December is down 100-150 cm. These deep persistent weaknesses still have the potential to wake up and become reactive with human triggers. (See MIN post above).