We are in for one more beautiful spring day! Conditions and hazard will vary throughout the day with aspect and elevation; warm temps and strong solar are the big factors. Be increasingly cautious as things warm up.
Summary
Weather Forecast
One more sunny day before a cold weather system. Today expect strong solar with freezing levels to 2200m, above 0 alpine temps and light winds will keep things warm. Friday expect inverted temps with wet flurries, freezing levels rising back to 2200m and gusty SW winds. Saturday expect up to 20cm, temps below freezing and gusty westerly winds.
Snowpack Summary
Melt freeze cycle below 2500m is forming a strong 20cm thick crust. In the top meter of the snowpack there are multiple crusts that are reactive to tests but would likely need a large trigger. Dry facetted snow can still be found on northerly and shaded aspects above 1900m. Isolated pockets of reactive wind-slab exist at ridge-crest.
Avalanche Summary
On Monday there was a skier triggered avalanche at the top of the Forever Young couloir. A thin windslab was triggered at the top resulting in a size 2.0 that ran 400m. Daily there continue to be a few natural solar triggered loose wet avalanches to size 2.5. Cornice failures have also been triggering slabs in isolated locations to size 2.0
Confidence
Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain