Tricky travel out there right now. Breakable crust down low and windslabs up high. Skiing isn't the most inspiring, but ice climbing, snowshoeing & X-country skiing are all reasonable.
Weather Forecast
Frezzing level's will rise to almost 1600m tomorrow. Winds will be consistent at 20-30km/hr at upper treeline elevations. It looks like we'll go another day yet before we see snow. In fact it looks like the next 3 days atleast will be snow free.
Avalanche Summary
no new avalanches
Snowpack Summary
No major changes in the snowpack. We have 3 significant layers out there, with only 2 of them being problematic. The problematic layers are the Nov 6th crust & the Nov 24 facets. In many areas these layers have combined, however there are a few places where the layers are separate. The Nov 6th and/or the Nov 24 is down 60-80cm's at treeline. Right now all of our strength is coming from the midpack, which has been doing a pretty good job of bridging the lower weak layers.
Problems
Deep Persistent Slabs
Deep Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a thick cohesive layer of hard snow (a slab), when the bond breaks between the slab and an underlying persistent weak layer deep in the snowpack. The most common persistent weak layers involved in deep, persistent slabs are depth hoar or facets surrounding a deeply buried crust. Deep Persistent Slabs are typically hard to trigger, are very destructive and dangerous due to the large mass of snow involved, and can persist for months once developed. They are often triggered from areas where the snow is shallow and weak, and are particularly difficult to forecast for and manage.