Wind slabs may remain triggerable near ridgetops.
Use extra caution if entering wind-affected terrain.
Previous southwesterly winds built wind slabs on typical lee slopes. Forecast easterly winds are expected to be light, but may build small wind slabs in unusual areas if they get strong enough.
Sunday
Several small, size 1 wind slabs around 15 cm deep were triggered by skiers in different parts of the region. These slabs generally occurred on steep wind-loaded features.
Friday & Saturday
A few loose dry sluffs up to size 2 were observed in different parts of the region.
2 to 10 cm is forecast for overnight and Tuesday, with generally light easterly winds. Older wind slabs formed over the past couple of days may remain triggerable near ridgetops.
Below that, 30 to 60 cm of snow is covering a melt-freeze crust from Feb 7th, with surface hoar over it in isolated sheltered areas. This layer may be reactive in some parts of the region, such as south of Valemount, and near Clearwater where there have been recent reports of whumpfing.
A layer of surface hoar/facets/crust from late January may be found buried 60 to 100 cm. This layer seems to have gone dormant.
The remaining snowpack is well settled with no layers of concern.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy. 0 to 7 cm of snow. 20 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -13 °C.
Tuesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 0 to 2 cm of snow. 10 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -18 °C.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny. 10 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -21 °C.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. 10 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -20 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
