Weather forecasts are inconsistent with how clear the skies will be for the next couple of days. During sunny periods avoid exposure to steep solar aspects and don't hang out below cornices.
Variable depth and density of wind slabs throughout the Alpine. These are most concerning in steep, convex and unsupported terrain.
This is a classic "low probability, high consequence" problem. While it is difficult to trigger, resulting avalanches will be very large. Use caution in shallow snowpack areas where triggering is more of a concern.
Thursday should be a mostly sunny day with temperatures reaching around -5 in the Alpine. Winds will steadily increase through the day, eventually reaching 75km/h from the West. Friday will also be windy.
Isolated solar triggered sluffing up to size 1.0 on steep solar aspetcs.
Expect to find moist snow on sheltered solar aspects, particularly at lower elevations. This will freeze into a thin crust by morning. Alpine areas are exhibiting widely variable wind slab conditions with everything from no wind effect to hard wind slabs to sastrugi. At Treeline and below soft snow and good skiing can be found in sheltered areas.
