Low avalanche hazard persists with benign weather. Regular caution and smart terrain management is always recommended when entering steep wind affected avalanche terrain.
Weather Forecast
An upper ridge will keep things dry for the next couple of days. For today, thin cloud with occasional sunny breaks and freezing levels remaining at valley bottom. Light NW ridgetop winds. Scattered flurries are expected to resume early Sunday morning.
Snowpack Summary
Flurries from the past several days have covered a variety of old surfaces including surface hoar from 1700m to ridgetop, thin variable slab in wind-exposed alpine areas, and thin sun crusts on steep solar aspects. Lower elevation and wind-protected areas have 10-15cm of low density faceted snow on a well settled base.
Avalanche Summary
Skier triggered sluffing in steep terrain. No new avalanches were observed yesterday.
Problems
Loose Dry
Loose Dry avalanches are the release of dry unconsolidated snow and typically occur within layers of soft snow near the surface of the snowpack. These avalanches start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-dry avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs.