If you must travel in the Back Country: keep your objectives short, and close to home. Even a small injury will have serious consequences with the present temperatures.
Ice climbers be very leery of any brittle, overhead features.
Wind speeds have remained light with only occasional transport speeds recorded over the past few days. Watch for areas of localized wind effect in the ALP and exposed TL features.
Cold temperatures can make cornices brittle. Keep a healthy distance away both when traveling below, or near corniced features.
Coldest recorded temps (so far;): Maligne, -40.1; Parkers Ridge, -34.9
My limited meteorological experience tells me, it's really cold; and not looking to be tolerable, at least until the end of the week.
Wednesday: Sunny with cloudy periods. Alpine temperature: High -24 °C. Ridge wind northeast: 10 km/h.
The cold has deeply penetrated the snowpack, promoting profound facetting in the upper 40cm. This will slow any slab development on the recent storm snow. The mid-pack has remained strong but, will loose strength over time with the prolonged arctic influence, especially where shallow.
No recent avalanche activity observed or reported.
