Avalanche Forecast

Good

Wednesday: Expect cloudy skies with moderate snowshowers and strong south/southwesterly winds. Alpine temperatures should reach -6. 25cm is possible.Thursday: Continuing cloudy, with a chance of lingering flurries. Winds should turn more northerly and ease to light values with alpine temperatures reaching -5.Friday: Mixed skies with continued light northerly winds and temperatures around -3.

We have reports of natural, explosive and rider triggered windslabs up to size 1.5 failing on northwest through east facing terrain These are failing at treeline and in the alpine. As the storm snow deepens, expect the activity (size and frequency) to pick up.

Up to 40cm of new snow has fallen, with consistent southerly winds. New windslabs are forming in lee terrain. Newly buried surfaces include old windslabs, temperature and sun crusts and the new snow is bonding reasonably well at this interface. Down a further 20-50 cm sits a persistent interface comprising of crusts, facets and surface hoar crystals. This layer seems to be rounding and bonding under current conditions. The mid pack is generally well settled with the average snowpack depth at treeline around 180 cm.