Seek out sheltered powder to avoid wind slabs and find better, safer riding. Put your guard up if you encounter signs of new slabs forming and while you navigate areas of thin coverage.
Wind slabs of varying age and reactivity are scattered across exposed terrain at higher elevations. Forecast winds acting on soft snow could drive new slab formation.
We have not had any reports of avalanche activity. Riders may still encounter pockets of reactive wind slab in more recently wind-loaded terrain at treeline and alpine elevations.
Please consider sharing any observations you have on the Mountain Information Network.
Around 100 cm of snow can be found at treeline elevations, where sheltered powder is still being found on shaded aspects. Snowpack height diminishes rapidly and firm surface crusts are present below about 1500 m.
The snowpack is heavily wind-affected in the alpine. Lingering hard wind slabs may be found around leeward terrain features in the alpine and to a more limited extent at treeline.
Various melt-freeze crusts are found in the bottom half of the snowpack but do not appear to be avalanche concerns.
Tuesday night
Cloudy. 20 to 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind, increasing in the morning. Freezing level 600 m.
Wednesday
Cloudy with isolated flurries. 25 to 35 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C. Freezing level 700 m.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. 30 to 40 km/h west and southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C. Freezing level 700 m.
Friday
Cloudy with flurries bringing 10 -15 cm of new snow. 40 - 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C. Freezing level 700 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
