The cooler temps have frozen the low elevation snowpack in place. Expect tough skiing up to 2000m. Windslabs and their bond with underlying areas are suspect. Use the terrain wisely and slowly build your trust in the snowpack. MM
Weather Forecast
The cooling trend will continue throughout the next few days. We expect a few mild convective storm cells to pass through. These may give 10cm's over the rest of the week-end.
Avalanche Summary
Natural cycle has ended. No new observations.
Snowpack Summary
A cooler day has frozen the moist surface snow below 1900m. Snow underneath the new crust cooling, however temps haven't been cold enough or sustained enough to reach deep into the snowpack. TL elevations still have snow available for transport, and with that windslabs on lee aspects. In general the snowpack has tightened up at TL & BTL elevations.
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.