With new snow forecast to fall on a variety of aged surfaces, watch for the hazard to increase as the skiing improves.
Weather Forecast
Sunday night through Monday morning a passing cold front will bring cooling temps, up to 10cm of snow, and moderate winds from the SW.On Tuesday winds will shift to NE and increase in intensity overnight. This northerly flow will bring colder temps and further accumulations of up to 10cm of snow.
Snowpack Summary
Incoming snow will fall on a variety of old surfaces: surface hoar up to 25mm in sheltered areas, a thin sun crust on steep solar aspects and wind hardened surfaces in exposed areas. There are 2 buried crusts in the snowpack, one is 30 cm below the surface around treeline, and the Halloween crust is near the base and extends from 2200 to 2900m.
Avalanche Summary
No highway patrol occurred on Sunday and nothing new was reported.
Confidence
Forecast snowfall amounts are uncertain
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.