Remain vigilant in steep terrain; small avalanches may still be triggerable on wind-loaded slopes.
Strong southwesterly winds are expected to start overnight Sunday. While there is not much snow available to be blown, some thin fresh windslabs may form on lee features.
No recent avalanches have been observed.
Early season reports have been extremely limited. Please consider helping forecasters and your backcountry community by submitting your observations to the Mountain Information Network.
Previous and forecast strong winds from variable directions have moved and changed the surface snow at all elevations.
Expect to find widespread sastrugi snow in open exposed areas, and hard wind slabs on leeward slopes.
The lower snowpack is generally strong, with the potential for various crusts at the base.
Snow depths are highly variable across the region with approximately 50 cm around treeline, and up to 100 cm in wind-loaded locations in the alpine.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear. 25 to 45 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -17 °C with a temperature inversion of -5 °C above 1500 m..
Monday
Cloudy with 0 to 3 cm of snow. 55 to 65 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -12 °C
Tuesday
Cloudy with 1 to 3 cm of snow. 15 to 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -12 °C.
Wednesday
Cloudy with 0 to 2 cm of snow. 30 km/h northeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -15 °C
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
