Cautious decisions are key particularly on large terrain features or those around terrain traps. Forecasters do not have much confidence in the snowpack as whumphing continues. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Expect -12 to -18 degrees Celsius and light winds for Tuesday. Winds will pick up Westerly with a little bit of snowfall starting Tuesday night extending into Thursday. Temperatures will be warming slightly.
Snowpack Summary
A persistent slab at TL and ALP is buried by 5-10cm of snow and light winds making for powdery conditions. A rain crust is buried by this recent snow below 1900m. A somewhat dense upper snowpack overlies a weak faceted base making for unpredictably dangerous avalanche conditions. A surface hoar layer may be 40cm deep yet remains unconfirmed.
Avalanche Summary
No patrol on Sunday or Monday. Nothing new noted on Saturday. Friday's patrol observed 2 avalanches remotely triggered by skiers size 1.5-2 in Columbia Icefield area at 2000m treeline elevation. Two size 2-2.5 noted in the alpine south of Parkers ridge. One was a cross-loaded NW alpine feature, the other was triggered by cornice failure.
Confidence
The weather pattern is stable