Investigate the bond of the top snow layer before committing to high consequence terrain.
Storm slabs may linger in wind-loaded features at upper elevations or anywhere they rest on buried surface hoar. Surface hoar is most likely to exist is wind-sheltered openings, particularly in the lower alpine.
No new avalanches were reported on Monday. Looking forward, the most likely areas for riders to trigger avalanches are in lower alpine slopes, where pockets of buried surface hoar may exist under a slab of snow from last weekend.
Observations remain limited in this region. If you head into the backcountry, please consider sharing your observations to the Mountain Information Network (MIN)!
Around 10 to 30 cm of snow overlies a hard melt-freeze crust up to 1300 m and perhaps isolated pockets of surface hoar crystals in wind-sheltered openings at treeline and above. At upper elevations, westerly wind may have formed deeper snow deposits in lee terrain features in wind-exposed terrain.
There are currently no deeper layers of concern.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. 10 to 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C.
Thursday
Mix of sun and cloud with trace snow. 20 to 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
Friday
Cloudy with 1 to 3 cm of snow. 20 to 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.
Saturday
Cloudy with 5 to 15 cm of snow. 50 to 70 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
