Watch out for daytime warming. Warmer temperatures and solar radiation may increase the likelihood of avalanche activity.
Confidence
Good - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
Expect mainly sunny skies for the forecast period. Freezing levels will peak at about 2700m on Sunday, and then drop to about 2000m for Monday and Tuesday. Winds should remain light to moderate from the west.
Avalanche Summary
On Friday a skier remotely triggered a size 1 (15cm deep) wind slab in the alpine. Otherwise there has been little recent avalanche activity. Forecast warming may increase the likelihood of cornice failures and loose wet avalanches.
Snowpack Summary
North and west winds have created isolated wind slabs 5 to 10 cm thick on high elevation lee slopes. On other slopes you may find stubborn old wind slabs and surface facets. Melt-freeze conditions can be found on all solar aspects and at lower elevations. The snowpack is generally strong and well settled. However, large cornices may become weak with daytime warming.
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.