Recent winds have varied in direction so wind slabs may be found on all aspects.
Take care when transitioning into wind affected terrain.
Outflow winds are stripping wind slabs from north aspects and building new slabs on south aspects. Be cautious transitioning into wind affected terrain.
On Tuesday, there were reports of skier triggered wind slabs up to size 1 in steep NE terrain. Sluffing was reported to run fast and far on sheltered north aspects.
Some sluffing was reported on Monday.
On Saturday, a skier triggered a wind slab on a northeast-facing alpine slope near Sky Pilot.
Recent strong outflow winds have redistributed the 15 to 40 cm of snow that overlies the early February crust. This snow is reported to be well bonded to the crust.
The remainder of the snowpack is well-bonded.
The snowpack depth at treeline ranges from 90 to 170 cm. The snowpack depth tapers rapidly below treeline, especially on south aspects.
Thursday Night
Clear skies. 10 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.
Friday
Mix of sun and clouds. 1 to 3 cm of snow. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy. 3 to 10 cm of snow. 30 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy. 5 to 10 mm of precipitation. 50 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C. Freezing level 1200 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
