Conditions may change quickly in the spring. Even brief periods of sun can trigger pushy loose wet avalanches or promote destructive cornice falls.
Summary
Confidence
High
Weather Forecast
On Tuesday expect generally overcast skies with isolated flurries. On Wednesday a Pacific system will bring 5-15cm of new snow to the region. Light flurries are forecast for Thursday. Ridgetop winds will be light on Tuesday, and then become moderate and southeasterly with Wednesday's precipitation. Freezing levels should hover between 1100 and 1200m for the forecast period.
Avalanche Summary
No recent avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
Light amounts of new snow have been shifted by strong southeast winds into wind slabs in exposed high elevation terrain while settled powder can be found on shaded and sheltered slopes. Spring conditions have continued to develop. With that, lower elevation and sun-exposed slopes will likely appear moist or refrozen. A layer of surface hoar or melt-freeze crust buried on March 3 is down 50-80cm and has been on the radar of professionals in the mountains north of Stewart. A more widespread crust/facet layer buried in early February can now be found down over a meter. Both of these deeper layers have become less likely to trigger, but have the potential for large avalanches especially with a large trigger such as a cornice fall. I'd be increasingly cautious during periods of warming or solar radiation.