You may be surprised to find the storm snow is easier to trigger in protected areas where the weak layer beneath has been preserved.
Previous southwesterly winds have veered into northeasterly outflow winds. Take extra caution when transitioning into wind affected terrain.
Stay away from large steep slopes, as well as slopes that are protected, where the weak layer of facets/surface hoar combined are sitting on a hard crust has been preserved.
A widespread layer of facets has been reported around Manning park
30 to 60 cm of snow fell over the weekend.
In wind exposed areas, this new snow fell on a surface of wind affected old snow.
In sheltered areas, this new snow has fallen on a weak layer consisting of a combination of faceted grains, surface hoar, and a hard crust that formed during the January drought.
The mid snowpack contains a few other crust layers. One from December is buried 80 to 120 cm deep and may have facets around it in shallow areas.
The lower snowpack is well consolidated.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy with trace of new snow. 15 to 30 km/h outflow ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures -18 °C.
Tuesday
A mix of sun and cloud with up to 3 cm of new snow. 10 to 20 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures -13 °C.
Wednesday
A mix of sun and cloud. 10 to 15 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures -13 °C.
Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud. 10 to 15 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures -10 °C
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
