Incoming weather is increasing the avalanche hazard, be more conservative in your terrain selection.
Weather Forecast
Westerly flow is bringing light to moderate amounts of precipitation with associated west winds into Wednesday morning. Passage of front this evening will bring most of precipitation. A ridge builds on Wednesday with cooler temperatures and drier conditions.
Snowpack Summary
Newly buried sun crust on solar aspects and surface hoar under 5cm of new snow. 10-30 cm of ski penetration over a well settled mid pack. Profiles on east aspect of Bruins Ridge showed moderate resistant planar results down 23cm. On the west aspect, hard broken test results down 27 and 37cm.
Avalanche Summary
From yesterday morning a natural size 3 slab avalanche off of Mt Leda in the Asulkan valley. 2600m, NE aspect wind loaded ridgetop release, possibly cornice triggered, 40-60cm slab avalanche running ~700m.1 size 2 natural slab east of the Rogers Pass summit in the highway corridor.
Confidence
Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain
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.