Hola El Nino!?Cool and dry will be the theme for the foreseeable future.
Weather Forecast
An Arctic high pressure system will dominate the provinces weather over the next few days as it slowly moves south from the Yukon. The high pressure will bring dry cool conditions with light winds and sunny periods. Alpine high of -10.
Snowpack Summary
50cm of storm snow is settling out and sits over a well settled mid pack. Dec 2nd surface hoar layer is spotty in distribution but reacting suddenly on tests in the hard range. Moderate south winds within the past 72hrs formed soft to very soft wind slab on the immediate lee of alpine features.
Avalanche Summary
Numerous size 1.5 soft slabs have been observed along the highway corridor out of steep extreme terrain.Skiers reporting small sz 1 pockets of soft slab along and below ridge crest in the alpine.
Confidence
Due to the number and quality 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.
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.