Merry Christmas Everyone!
Weather Forecast
Little mercy from the weather gods for Christmas! Temperatures will continue to fall overnight and through the day on Monday. Clear, beautiful skies if you can tolerate the temps. Some light precip forecast for the middle of the week but likely only in the southern fringes of the forecast region.
Snowpack Summary
Isolated pockets of wind-slab in exposed areas at upper elevations. Below this recent snow, an old snow interface of facets, crust, and surface hoar was lightly buried on December 18. Several other noticeable crusts lie dormant deeper in the pack.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches reported or observed.
Confidence
The weather pattern is stable
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.