Seek out sheltered powder for better quality, safer skiing and riding. Have a plan to manage small wind slabs and sluff if you're tackling something steeper.
Older wind slabs have largely stabilized. Small new slabs could form with northwest winds acting on slopes with soft, transportable snow.
There were no reports of avalanches on Monday or Tuesday, consistent with a steady decline in avalanche activity since the weekend storm.
Large surface hoar is growing on the snow surface, particularly in sheltered areas. Thin melt-freeze crusts may be found on sun-exposed slopes.
These surfaces top 20 - 30 cm of settled recent snow that remains soft in sheltered areas but is heavily wind-affected in alpine and exposed treeline terrain. Cold temperatures are faceting this upper layer, causing snow grains to lose cohesion.
The most recognizable of several melt-freeze crusts in the lower snowpack is 100 - 150 cm deep in the Whistler area, decomposing, and not considered a problematic avalanche layer.
Snowpack height is around 120 to 150 cm at treeline and decreases rapidly below about 1500 m.
Wednesday night
Mainly cloudy. 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Freezing level 700 m.
Thursday
Cloudy with isolated flurries. 20-30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C. Freezing level 800 m.
Friday
Cloudy with scattered flurries bringing les than 5 cm of new snow, mainly in the south of the region and continuing overnight. 35 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C. Freezing level 800 m.
Saturday
Cloudy with continuing flurries bringing new snow totals to 5 - 10 cm, mainly in the south of the region. 15 - 15 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C. Freezing level 1000 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
