It's a good time to take advantage of the nice weather and low danger to explore more complex objectives.
Small wind slabs may remain triggerable in steep isolated lee features.
Old wind slabs are expected to generally be bonding well, but may remain triggerable on isolated lee slopes at upper elevations.
Warm temperatures promoted wet loose sluffing and pinwheeling on steep slopes up to size 1 during the warming last Thursday and Friday. No slab avalanches have been reported in the last week.
With the current conditions, avalanches are unlikely, except for in isolated lee areas where human-triggering of small wind slabs may still be possible.
5 to 10 cm of recent snow is overlying a melt-freeze crust of varying thickness. At upper elevations, previous strong winds formed small wind slabs that are expected to bond quickly, but may remain triggerable in isolated areas.
At lower elevations and on sunny slopes, the snow surface is likely crusty or moist.
Below that, 15 to 20 cm of moist snow is sitting over a surface hoar/ crust layer from late January. Avalanches on this layer are considered unlikely at this time.
The mid and lower snowpack is well settled.
Sunday Night
Clear skies. 10 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C.
Monday
Mix of sun and clouds. 0 to 2 cm of snow. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
Tuesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 0 to 2 cm of snow. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Wednesday
Sunny. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
