Continue to make conservative decisions and give the storm snow time to bond to the crust.
New snow and wind will form storm slabs throughout the day. The largest and most reactive slabs will likely be found on north and east aspects. Avalanches could be larger and more reactive than expected due to the crust slabs will form over.
On Friday one size 1.5 skier remote was reported. This avalanche released on a steep northeast slope at 1400m at the interface between the storm snow and the crust below.
Up to 50cm of new snow has likely been redistributed into wind slabs on north and east aspects and cross loading on others. A new crust likely extends from 1000m up to 1600m. Below 1000m the snow surface could still be moist.
Once again terrain below treeline has limited or no coverage.
Friday Night
cloudy with up to 5cm of new snow expected. Light southwest winds and freezing levels rising to 1500m.
Saturday
Cloudy with light flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow to higher elevations. Light to moderate westerly winds and freezing level around 1300m.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with the possibility of light flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow. Light to moderate southeast winds and freezing levels around 900m.
Monday
cloudy with light flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
