A hard crust on the snow surface will help strengthen the snowpack, but may cause tough travel conditions.
Over a week ago, large avalanches were observed on a buried weak layer. This layer continues to give results in snowpack tests, indicating a lingering possibility of triggering.
Over the warm weekend, wet loose avalanches up to size 2 were observed. These type of avalanches have become unlikely as surfaces refreeze.
No persistent slab avalanche activity has been observed since over a week ago in the Manning area.
Surfaces are crusty on all aspects and elevations. Below, 10 to 20 cm of snow is sandwiched between the surface and another crust.
A weak layer of facets and/or surface hoar is buried 50 to 120 cm deep. This layer has not produced avalanche activity for over a week but snowpack test results continued to show results in the Manning area.
A crust from December, buried 1 to 2 m deep, has been observed to be breaking down.
Monday night
Partly cloudy. 10 to 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1°C. Freezing level 1000 m.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy. 10 to 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0°C. Freezing level 1500 m.
Wednesday
5 to 10 cm of snow overnight then clearing to a mix of sun and cloud. 10 to 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1°C. Freezing level 1500 m.
Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud. 10 to 30 km/h northeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0°C. Freezing level 1700 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
