Variable snow conditions across the mountain with a reasonable overnight freeze. Lower northerly aspects should soften with ambient day temperatures
A bit of a repeat, with conditions given the current weather. Warm day time temperatures and the cool night time temperatures have the mountain in a reasonable melt freeze process especially on lower elevations. This means care is required with the changing conditions at different times of day, plus the aspect and elevation variations. Remember that small avalanches can have high consequences depending on the terrain.
No human-triggered or naturally triggered avalanches have been reported or observed over the past 24 hours.
A moist snowpack is gaining strength due to cold night temperatures providing the freeze. Northerly facing surfaces will lose some cohesion during daylight hours but mainly on slopes below 1800m. Melt-freeze conditions exist across the mountain.
Freezing level is still hovering around the summit for Saturday. This will include some showers developing during the day with winds out of the South East. Looks like the freezing level will start to lower come Sunday.
Firm in the early hours of the morning after an overnight freeze
Moderate
New Zealand Avalanche Advisory (NZ Mountain Safety Council)
