Use regular caution in steep, wind affected avalanche terrain and leave plenty of time to get back to the car before dark.
Weather Forecast
Cloudy with flurries today amounting to 2cm of new snow. Freezing levels to remain in valley bottom with light to calm mountain top winds. A building high pressure ridge will bring in a dry spell through the weekend with sunny breaks.
Snowpack Summary
Scattered flurries from the past 2 days have covered a variety of old surfaces. This included surface hoar from 1700m to ridgetop, thin variable slab in wind-exposed alpine areas, and thin sun crusts on steep solar aspects. Lower elevation and wind-protected areas have 10-15cm of low density faceted snow on a well settled base.
Avalanche Summary
Skier triggered sluffing in steep terrain. No new avalanches were observed yesterday.
Problems
Loose Dry
Loose Dry avalanches are the release of dry unconsolidated snow and typically occur within layers of soft snow near the surface of the snowpack. These avalanches start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-dry avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs.