Seek out shaded aspects for the easiest travel and best riding.
Expect sluffing in steep & unsupported terrain.
When the sun pokes out, solar warming can trigger dry loose natural avalanches. Loose snow below treeline will be moist/wet. Pay attention to terrain traps, where a small avalanche could have high consequences.
No new natural avalanche obs. along the highway corridor on Friday/Sat.
Riders reported triggering small wind slabs, up to size 1.5, in steep north facing terrain off Cheops Mtn. in Connaught creek on Thursday.
Also on Thursday, isolated natural slab avalanches sized, 2, 2.5 and 3 were observed in from steep, alpine start zones on N and SE aspects.
Expect loose sluffing in steep and unsupported terrain.
Spring convective flurries have added 10-30 cm of storm snow, which has been redistributed by wind in the alpine. Surface snow turns moist below 1700 m.
Below the storm snow is a thick crust on all aspects below 1700m and widespread on solar facing terrain.
A weak layer formed on March 9th is down ~30 cm and the Feb 3rd persistent weak layer is down 80-140 cm deep, both these layers are currently unreactive. The mid and lower snowpack are well settled and strong.
A clearing trend will continue through the weekend and into next week, with a warm up starting Monday.
Tonight: Cloudy w/ clear periods, Alpine temp: Low -8 °C, Moderate N winds, Freezing Level(FZL) valley bottom
Sun: Sun/Cloud, Alpine high -3 °C, Light NW winds, FZL 1800m
Mon: Sun/Cloud. Alp high 1°C, Mod W winds, FZL 2400m
Tues: Sun/Cloud w/ isolated showers! Alp high 3 °C, Mod SW winds gusting to 60km/hr, FZL 2800m
