Good riding can be found in the alpine while excellent edge dulling rock grinds and knee bending alder bashing opportunities exist below tree line. Leave enough time near the end of your day to make a safe exit before it gets dark.
Weather Forecast
An upper ridge is deflecting any organized weather system from reaching our region. This is allowing a cool arctic air mass from the North to slip Southward, spreading cold and dry conditions over BC. A mix of sun and cloud for the day with an alpine high of -12 with light Northerly winds. Cold temps and clearing skies for the week.
Snowpack Summary
40cm of snow covers a surface hoar or suncrust layer at tree line and sheltered alpine areas. Winds have created a soft slab on this layer in specific lee or cross-loaded features. The October 26th crust near ground may be poorly bonded on some high elevation north aspects.
Avalanche Summary
Several thin slab avalanches (15-20cm thick) to size 2 were observed from steep South aspects, while loose dry point releases to size 1.5 were seen coming from steep North aspects over the last few days.
Problems
Persistent Slabs
Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) in the middle to upper snowpack, when the bond to an underlying persistent weak layer breaks. Persistent layers include: surface hoar, depth hoar, near-surface facets, or faceted snow. Persistent weak layers can continue to produce avalanches for days, weeks or even months, making them especially dangerous and tricky. As additional snow and wind events build a thicker slab on top of the persistent weak layer, this avalanche problem may develop into a Deep Persistent Slab.