24 Hour Snow: 0" 72 Hour Snow: 0" Season Total Snow: 82" Depth at Gold Basin: 37"

Under clear skies mountain temperatures are in the low 20's. Winds are mostly light from the north northeast. High temperatures will climb up into the low 40's at 10,000' today and tomorrow, with a chance for snow developing Sunday night as a weak storm tracks by to the south. A more active pattern looks to be picking up later next week.

April weather, early January snowpack, at least underneath. The surface has become a bit tired and worn with some mild wind effect and sun crusts on all exposed slopes. Underneath, it's an early season, continental snowpack with a dense hard slab on top of weak, sugary, faceted layers. It's been nearly two weeks since the Valentine's Day storm and by most accounts, the likelihood for triggering an avalanche should be trending downward. Outward signs of instability such as collapsing and whumphing have diminished, the surface is tired and worn, and things don't appear to be that dangerous. There are also probably slopes that you can get away with skiing or riding. The problem is that the persistent weak layer hasn't gone away, nor is it likely too, and deep hard slab avalanches remain highly possible in many areas. These are potentially deadly, season-ending avalanches. The only safe strategy is to keep your slope angles to less than 30 degrees which is what I plan to do, possibly for the remainder of the season.