Look for sheltered terrain for the best riding.
New but small wind slabs are expected to form during the day on Friday.
Rider triggerable wind slabs may still be found on isolated features at treeline and above.
Strong wind means that wind slabs could be found further down slope than expected.
Several size 1 to 2 natural wind slab avalanches were observed on Wednesday. These avalanches occurred in steep terrain and may have been triggered by cornice failures.
The snow surface is highly wind-affected in exposed terrain, in sheltered terrain 20 cm of soft snow can be found. Below 1300 m, a crust is present just below the surface.
A layer of facets is buried around 50 to 100 cm deep and is slowly gaining strength.
The mid and lower snowpack have no layers of concern. Snowpack depths are generally around 150-200 cm deep at treeline.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy. 3 to 5 cm of snow. 40 to 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
Friday
Cloudy. 1 to 2 cm of snow. 40 to 70 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy. 5 to 10 cm of snow at treeline, rain below treeline. 50 to 70 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1°C.
Sunday
Mix of sun and clouds. 4 to 5 cm of snow at treeline, rain below treeline. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
