Warm temperatures and high solar input are expected to taper off with incoming cloudy weather. Watch closely for any temperature spikes during the day as freezing levels are uncertain.
Originally formed on weak Feb 20th facets. It is prudent to keep this on your radar with warmer temperatures as reactivity may increase. Cornices will have the potential to fail and trigger slabs below.
Even with clouds in the forecast, green house effect and higher freezing levels have the potential to warm up the snowpack enough for the wet loose to be an issue. Best time to travel is early while its frozen solid.
Caution in thin facetted snowpack areas where triggering is more likely. This is a low probability but high consequence problem.
Sunday: Mainly cloudy. Precipitation: Nil. Alpine temperature: High -3 °C. Ridge wind southwest: 15-35 km/h. Freezing level: 1900 metres.Monday: Cloudy with sunny periods. Precipitation: Nil. Alpine temperature: Low -7 °C, High -2 °C. Ridge wind west: 10-25 km/h. Freezing level: 1900 metres.
High solar input in the last few days created crusts and moist snow on solar aspects at TL and below. Wind scoured ALP features lost most of its snow to the lees of the mountains. The mid pack is supportive in deep areas but weak in shallow spots where it fails on buried facet layers in test results.
No patrol on Saturday.
