It is a good time to tackle bigger objectives, but keep your guard up. Avalanches are still possible in LOW danger.
Confidence
High - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
Saturday: Mainly sunny. The freezing level is around 800-1000 m. Ridge winds are light from the Southeast. Sunday: A mix of sun and cloud. The freezing level is around 1000 m. Ridge winds are light from the Southwest. Monday: A mix of sun and cloud. The freezing level is near 1200-1400 m. Ridge winds are light and variable.
Avalanche Summary
A couple accidentally triggered slabs up to size 1.5 were reported on Thursday. These were from exposed cross-loaded slopes in the alpine. Otherwise only small loose snow avalanches were reported.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 20 cm of dry snow sits on a variety of old surfaces including a melt-freeze crust on solar aspects in the alpine, smooth old snow on higher elevation lee slopes, and well-developed surface hoar in sheltered areas at treeline and lower elevations. This dry surface snow could be capped by a sun crust on steep solar aspects or a fresh layer of surface hoar on sheltered and shady slopes. Variable winds have created soft wind slabs in lee and cross-loaded terrain in alpine areas. The mid and lower snowpack is generally strong.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.