Start on small, mellow slopes and watch for signs of instability before approaching steeper or larger slopes.
Snowfall will vary. If you find 40 cm+ of fresh, increase danger by one step.
Continued snow and moderate to strong southwesterly winds are maintaining reactive storm slabs. Expect these slabs to be deeper and more likely to avalanche on west through north facing (leeward) slopes.
No recent avalanches have been reported.
If you are heading into the backcountry, consider sharing your observations and posting a MIN.
Stormy weather continues to drop significantly more snow on the north and west island, but the deepest zones may be away from regularly travelled recreation areas. Any fresh snow should fall on settling dry or moist snow in most places. Moderate to Strong southwest winds continue to make deeper, more reactive slabs in leeward terrain.
RIght up to mountain tops, a widespread, thick and hard crust is now expected to be buried by 40-80 cm of snow, likely to have wet snow underneath.
The snowpack below the crust is strong and bonded with no layers of concern.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. 2 to 10 cm of snow, possibly more on the north and west island. 35 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. 10 to 20 cm of snow, possibly more on the north and west island. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
Friday
Cloudy. 5 to 25 cm of snow. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C. Freezing level 900 m.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy. 1 cm of snow. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C. Freezing level 900 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
