Investigate how the new snow is bonding to the previous surface before committing to any terrain.
This problem layer is the crust and facets created by early February's warm spell. It is down 30-90 cm in the snowpack and is a 1-10 cm thick crust or multiple crusts with a layer of weak facets above.
Loose dry avalanches likely won't be much of a hazard unless they push you into or off a terrain trap. The new snow could be sliding far and fast if the previous moist surface snow forms a slippery crust.
New snow is forecasted to fall through Wednesday into Thursday. Watch for how this new snow is bonding to the previous surface and how the moist snow below withstands this new load.
Numerous loose wet avalanches plus large slab avalanches running on the Feb Crust with some stepping down to ground have been observed in the past week on all aspects and elevations.
The upper snow pack is either a crust in the cold mornings or moist snow in the warm afternoons on all aspects and elevations except the high north. The Feb 3rd crust interface is down 35-60cm. Basal depth hoar makes up the bottom third of the snowpack. HS ranges from 80 to 130cm.
Mountain Weather Forecast is available @ Avalanche Canada https://avalanche.ca/weather/forecast
Wednesday
Periods of snow.
Accumulation: 15 cm.
Alpine temperature: High -2 °C.
Ridge wind light to 25 km/h.
Freezing level: 2000m
Thursday
Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries.
Accumulation: 5cm.
Alpine temperature: Low -14 °C, High -7 °C.
Ridge wind northeast: 10 km/h.
Freezing level at valley bottom.
