Sheltered tree line slopes will offer excellent skiing.
Weather Forecast
Stagnant weather system into the beginning of the week with cool temperatures, clearing skies, light winds and no precipitation. Could this be the beginning of the cursed drought???
Snowpack Summary
Wind slabs in exposed lee features. A significant crust (black friday, Nov.23) can be found down 30 to 70cms. A persistent slab overlays this crust and so far the bond appears to be strengthening at this interface. The Halloween crust sits well down in the snowpack at TL locations and as high as 2700m.
Avalanche Summary
Several old (+48hrs) slab avalanches to size 2.5 in steep alpine terrain on North aspect observed around the Churchill Range.
Confidence
Due to the number of field observations on Tuesday
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.