Great "dust on crust" skiing today. Convective flurries will add a couple more cm's over the next while. Watch for winds as the new snow will be easily blown around. Sheltered areas will offer the best skiing. Watch for sluffing in gully features. MM
Weather Forecast
Some convective activity will give a few cm's of low density snow. Temps will continue to be above seasonal and winds will remain light.
Avalanche Summary
No new obs,
Snowpack Summary
up to 12cm of low density snow on top of windslabs of varying thickness and hardness. The hardslab sitting on top of the 130106 layer is obvious and widespread at TL & ALP, down 40. RB4 (WB) down 35, E asp, 2300m, 35degree inc. BTL the snowpack is generally supportive. The 130106 SH layer was alive in very specific areas. Cracking and whoomphing observed in open terrain.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.