Though natural avalanche activity may tapper tomorrow skier triggered avalanches remain likely. Pay close attention to rising temperatures Monday as hazard will increase with temps throughout the day. Limit exposer to overhead hazard.
No avalanches observed on this layer in our tenure however neighboring tenures are still seeing activity. With a large enough trigger or rising freezing levels this layer could produce results.
50 cm of storm snow and moderate westerly winds have created reactive storm slabs in TL and AL. Be on the lookout for changes in slab properties as temperatures rise in the alpine at the start of the week.
Sunday: Mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries. Moderate gusting to strong W wind. Alpine high -13. Freezing level valley bottom.
Monday: Cloudy. Inversion with alpine high -1 and valley bottom remaining below freezing. Moderate W winds.
Tuesday: Cloudy. Inversion with alpine high -1 and valley bottom below freezing. Moderate W winds.
50 cm of storm snow sits atop a 10 - 30 cm hard wind slab. Mid pack is well settled. Facets are found above Dec 4 crust down 80-120 cm. A 20-60 cm thick Nov crust complex completes the snowpack to ground. No results have been seen on the Dec 4 layer in our pits this week.
Natural avalanche cycle with numerous storm slabs up to 2.5 observed on road patrol today. Thanks to everyone posting on the Mountain Information Network, keep up the great work, we really do read them.
