The Winter Permit System is not yet in effect. Expect sporty early season conditions with thinly buried hazards at lower elevations, open creeks and lots of alder. Dry powder can be found on sheltered slopes about 1800m.
Weather Forecast
Unsettled weather with cool temperatures, flurries, and moderate westerly winds at ridgetop are forecasted. Freezing levels are expected to stay below 1300m.
Snowpack Summary
Above 1800m 40cm of snow overlies a series of crusts. Stability tests find moderate resistant planar shears above the Nov 6 crust. Moderate to strong winds from the SW and the NE transported snow and formed isolated windslabs in the alpine.
Avalanche Summary
Recent avalanche activity has been limited to sluffing off of steep slopes.
Confidence
Due to the number of field observations
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.