6 AM Update: More snow fell overnight than expected.
Watch for deeper and more reactive deposits of fresh snow around ridges and lee features, especially as you enter open or alpine terrain.
Watch for new slabs forming with forecast winds.
Fresh and recent snow now covers surface hoar buried 20 to 40 cm. We've seen little action from this interface, however, reactivity may increase as more snow loads and forms a slab above.
No new avalanches reported since Sunday. Incoming precipitation and wind will create small windslabs in alpine and treeline elevations.
Observations remain limited in this region. If you head into the backcountry, please consider sharing your observations to the Mountain Information Network (MIN)!n the alpine and treeline elevations.
Flurries starting late Friday night accumulated into 10-30 cm fresh snow around the region. This covered older snow in most terrain and surface hoar in sheltered locations.
Recent snow overlies covers a hard melt-freeze crust up to 1600 m and isolated pockets of surface hoar crystals in wind-sheltered openings at treeline and above.
There are currently no deeper layers of concern.
Saturday night
Flurries and snow, 5 to 10 cm. 40 to 60 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.
Sunday
Flurries, up to 10 cm. 20 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Monday
Cloudy with sunny breaks. 15 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy. Increasing southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline temperature -10 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
