The storm has passed but the fresh wind slab remains. Avoid heavily loaded features and travel near or below fresh cornices.
Summary
Weather Forecast
The storm is over with only light precipitation in the forecast. Freezing level is expected to rise up to 1600m this afternoon. Alpine temps should be in the -4C range. Moderate SW winds can be expected at higher elevations.
Snowpack Summary
Over the past 48hrs strong S-SW winds have formed fragile cornice and fresh wind slab on lee slopes. The widespread Nov 13 crust is now down 70-120cm. The Nov 23 temp crust is down 20-30cm in below treeline locations and surface snow appears to be bonding poorly to this layer. The Nov 23 crust is spotty, but may be found on S-SW aspects.
Avalanche Summary
From the highway corridor 5 slides to size 3 came out of the MacDonald paths yesterday running well down onto the fan. From the back country at least 3 avalanches were heard but not observed rumbling down the slopes of Mt Cheops into the Connaught creek drainage.
Confidence
Due to the number of field observations