Beautiful January days
Watch for surface facetting that may chase you down steep features as the cooler temps weaken the surface snow
Classic low probability high consequence problem at the moment.
Use caution around thin to thick areas as potential trigger locations. Keep an eye out for buried surface hoar lurking in isolated sheltered locations below treeline.
The weather pattern continues
Overnight lows around -16
Daytime highs around -9
Winds will continue to be light to non existent through out the forecast area
A small weather change is expected on Wednesday
Surface faceting continues with cooler temperatures. Previous strong to extreme winds have stripped snow from all exposed terrain creating a lot of hard wind slabs and wind affected snow in open terrain below treeline to the alpine. The midpack is supportive. Decomposing surface hoar is found down 40cm to 80cm in isolated sheltered locations.
Field teams out in the Maligne range (Proposal peak) today reported a faceted snowpack to ground.
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