Some new snow combined with wind will keep wind slabs as the main concern at upper elevations.
Recent wind slabs scattered across higher elevation terrain may remain sensitive to human triggering. Slabs may be most reactive where they have formed over a crust.
There is no new avalanche actiity to report in the past few days.
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An additional 5-15 cm falling Monday night combined with wind has been redistributed in to alpine and treeline lee terrain. On solar aspects treeline and below, the new snow overlies a variety of crusts from recent warming, sun, and rain.
We continue to track early January and early December surface hoar and crust layers down 30 to 50 cm and down 80 to 130 cm, respectively. Both are considered unlikely to trigger.
Tuesday Night
Cloudy with clear breaks. 25 to 45 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -12 °C.
Wednesday
Cloudy with sunny breaks. 25 to 50 km/h west and southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -7 °C.
Thursday
Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries, accumulation 5-10 cm. 30 to 50 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -4 °C.
Friday
Mix of sun and cloud. 20 to 40 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -5 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
