There is great skiing in the western areas of the park right now, however the wind is expected to increase over the day on Saturday - this will likely form sensitive wind slabs in the alpine and treeline. Once this happens, stay away from steep lee slopes and change your terrain use to lower angle and wind sheltered areas.
With the new snow overnight on Friday there will be up to 40 cm of unconsolidated snow available for wind transport. Expect reactive wind slabs to form once the wind picks up on Saturday afternoon.
This problem will likely be reactive in steep sheltered areas.
A few loose dry avalanches up to size 1, triggered with ski cuts on Thursday. No new natural avalanches have been observed.
Up to 30 cm of new snow has fallen in the past 6 days, with another 10 - 15 cm expected overnight on Friday. The new snow is mostly unconsolidated treeline and below, but with some wind effect in the alpine. The lower snowpack is well settled with no significant weak layers.
Snowpack depths at treeline range from 80 - 120 cm.
Sat
10 - 15 cm of snow by Sat morning, wind becoming southwest, 30 - 50 km/hr. Treeline high of -5°C, and low of -17°C.
Sun
Cloudy, wind southwest 50 km/hr, easing to 30. High of -3 at treeline.
Mon
Clearing with no significant precip expected. Wind easing to 20 km/hr from the north. Treeline high of -5°C.
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