The stable weather pattern is making for very slow changes in the snow pack. Keep an eye out for crusts on the solar aspects. Other than that, sheltered and shady areas still offer some good skiing.
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.
Clouds will build overnight tonight as temperatures fall to -14. The high alpine winds will be steady at the 70-80km/hr range. Treeline winds will be considerably less, maybe 40km/hr at the most. In both cases, the winds will be out of the south west. As for snow? Not much, a few flurries, but nothing major.
Nothing noted today, however field observations were limited.
Not a lot of change lately. Surface and buried windslabs remain the most significant feature of the snowpack. They could be up to 50cm thick in open areas. Most are solid and stubborn to trigger. There are pockets of either moist snow, or sun crusts on steep solar aspects. Beneath the top 50cm, its the same ol' story. A well settled midpack sitting on a weak basal layer. Snow depths are around 150-170cm at treeline.
