Lots of good riding can be found throughout the park.
Watch for sluffing in steep terrain, and fresh wind slabs in consequential terrain.
Isolated pockets of wind slab exist near ridgetop and in wind affected areas. Flurries and moderate winds are sustaining this problem. Field teams have observed enough wind transport to make wind slab the primary concern.
We have observed a few natural avalanches up to size 2 this week. They occurred in the steep terrain east of Rogers Pass.
Reports on rider triggered sluffing in steep terrain have continued throughout the week.
Around 60cm of new snow has fallen over the past week. This new snow has been redistributed by moderate wind which has created pockets of soft slabs in wind prone areas. There is a isolated sun crust buried ~15cm on steep S aspects.
The snowpack is strong with a well settled mid-pack. An interface down 90-120 has been unreactive for weeks. It consists of surface hoar in sheltered locations, and a sun crust on solar aspects.
Cool temps and light flurries are forecast for the remainder of the week.
Tonight Cloudy w/flurries. Trace precip, Alp Low: -13, Ridge wind W 10-25. Freezing level (FZL) at valley bottom.
Thurs Cloudy w/ flurries. Trace precip. Alp High: -10, Wind SW 10-20. FZL 700m.
Fri Cloudy w/flurries. Trace precip. Alp High: -9. Wind SE 15-25. FZL 800m.
Sat Flurries 5-10 cm, Alp high -5 °C. Wind SW 10-25. FZL 1400m
