Winter up high and spring down low leaves us with a highly variable snowpack and series of avalanche problems. Make continual assessments throughout the day as conditions can change rapidly.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Flurries dissipate today as a ridge of high pressure pushes in for tomorrow, than more unsettled weather on the weekend. Expect cloud, sun and flurries today with trace to a few cm of accumulation. The FL will rise to 1500m today, mod winds from the west and an alpine high of -4. Hoping for cooling temps tonight before the sun comes out tomorrow!
Snowpack Summary
Another 10cm of new snow adds to the incremental loading of late March, depositing 30cm in the last 2 days and over 60cm in the last week @ TL. Multiple crusts exist in the upper snowpack at TL and BTL, warming temps today will turn the surface moist this afternoon at lower elevations. Cornices keep growing in the alpine and should not be trusted!
Avalanche Summary
Artillery controlled avalanches in the Highway corridor up to size 3 yesterday, limited observations of natural avalanche activity due to poor visibility. No reports from skiers/riders in the back country, but there are fewer and fewer people out there as we transition into spring. On the 28th we observed a size 2 glide on a south asp btl.
Confidence
Due to the number and quality of field observations