Weak layers in the old snowpack necessitate caution and restraint. Fresh wind slabs require caution.
Snowpack
dp.1: deep persistent weak layer dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind
Only a small amount of snow is lying for the time of year. Over a wide area 5 to 20 cm of snow has fallen since Friday. In addition sometimes avalanche prone wind slabs formed especially adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls and generally at high altitudes. In some cases new snow and wind slabs are lying on a weakly bonded old snowpack.
