New snow and wind are raising the avalanche danger.
Dial back terrain choices as the storm slab builds over buried weak layers.
The crust that was buried in early February has weak, sugary facets or surface hoar on top of it making it a bad weak layer.
Wind and new snow have formed storm slabs and they continue to get deeper. These slabs will be most reactive where they sit on surface hoar, facets, or a crust.
Field observations are very limited, but no new slab avalanches have been reported. Only small loose dry from extreme terrain.
Up to 30 cm of snow fell Friday/Saturday with more on the way. This buried a variety of layers including surface hoar, facets, and a crust on south and west-facing slopes.
The widespread crust buried in early February is down 5 to 40 cm. This crust may have a layer of facets above it.
The remainder of the snowpack is settled and not concerning.
Saturday Night
Cloudy with up to 10 cm of snow. 25 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °c.
Sunday
Cloudy with 10 to 15 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h south ridgetop wind switching to north in the afternoon. Treeline temperature -7 °c.
MondayMostly cloudy with 5 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h northeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -23 °c.
TuesdayMostly clear skies. 15 to 25 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -18 °c.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
