Winter conditions persist with more snow expected into Tuesday. The hazard is greatest near the divide where the most snow has fallen. Choose more conservative terrain and minimize overhead hazard until things have a chance to settle and bond.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Temperatures will remain relatively cool for the next few days, with freezing levels up to 1800m. Snowfall amounts of up to 15 cm near the divide are expected overnight and into Tuesday with a drying trend later in the day. Winds will switch to the West and increase into the moderate range on Tuesday.
Snowpack Summary
10-15 cm of new snow with light winds. Up to 40 cm of storm snow near the divide. Several buried temperature crusts exist to 2000m on all aspects and to ridge tops on solar slopes, including the Mar 15 sun crust down 35-50 cm in the alpine. Moist snow at lower elevations, with the entire snowpack becoming moist near valley bottom.
Avalanche Summary
Some sluffing in the alpine on Monday. Reports of several natural slab avalanches out of steep alpine terrain near the divide up to size 2 in the past 24 hrs. Several skier triggered storm slabs reported near the divide at treeline and above, up to size 2 in the past 48 hrs. Loose wet avalanches up to size 2 at lower elevations in the past 48hrs.
Confidence
Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain