Check for pockets of wind slab around steep and high-consequence features.
Easterly winds Monday could build fresh slabs in less common areas. Check for reactive slabs around steep and high-consequence slopes.
Sunday night: Blustery with isolated flurries ending early morning, trace to 5 cm. Light southwest wind. Ridgetop low -9 C.
Monday: Mostly cloudy with sunny breaks. Moderate and increasing east-northeast wind. Ridgetop high -2 C.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. Moderate east wind. Ridgetop high -5 C.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with sunny breaks. Moderate east wind. Ridgetop high -4 C.
Wednesday through Friday, rapid warming triggered several wet loose and wet slab avalanches to size 1.5 around the region. The snowpack has since cooled and avalanche activity is unlikely, but re-frozen debris could be a real travel hazard.
A dusting of up to 15 cm has covered a crust on all aspects and elevations. Wind has redistributed loose snow into gullies and depressions with pocket wind slabs below steep, open features.
Multiple crusts exist in the upper snowpack. The mid and lower snowpack are well settled.
