Yukon

Numerous light snowfalls over the past several days and steady southerly wind means wind slabs remain the main concern.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
• Stay off recently wind loaded slopes until they have had a chance to stabilize.
• Approach steep open slopes at and below treeline cautiously, buried surface hoar may exist.

There was a report of a size 2 storm or wind slab avalanche off of Fraser Peak on Saturday. See this MIN post for more details.

If you head into the backcountry please consider submitting your observations to the Mountain Information Network.

20 to 30 cm of new snow has fallen in the past few days. This has been redistributed by primarily southwest wind.

The mid and lower snowpack is reported to be well settled, with a thick, well-bonded crust approximately 30 to 50 cm above the ground at elevations below 1200 m. Snow depth ranges from 80 to 200 cm across the region.

Of note, a layer of surface hoar was found in the Halcyon Fraser Chutes area on Dec 28 and 29. check out these MIN reports here and here for more details.

Sunday Night

Mainly cloudy with a trace of new snow. Southwest wind, 15-30 km/h. Treeline temperature -8 °C.

Monday

Mix of sun and cloud. Southeast and southwest wind, 10 to 20 km/h. Treeline temperature -10 °C.

Cloudy with sunny breaks. South wind, 10 to 20 km/h. Treeline temperature -12 °C.

Mainly cloudy with 2-4 cm of snow. Southwest wind, 30 to 50 km/h. Treeline temperature -9 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.