24 Hour Snow: 5" 72 Hour Snow: 10" Season Total Snow: 132" Depth at Gold Basin: 50"

Overnight snowfall has already exceeded expectations and more is on the way today as a closed low pressure system moves through the Four Corners. We should see snowfall off and on most of the day with another 4-8 inches possible. Southeast winds will blow in the 10-15 mph range before shifting to the southwest later today. High temperatures will be in the low to mid 20's at 10,000'. Things wind down this evening although a secondary system to the north will keep the chance for snow alive through Friday.

Incremental snowfall this week is slowly but surely improving conditions and today should be the best day so far. Mark White was up yesterday and he found good skiing on low angle, northerly aspects in the alpine but he also reported some recent, natural wind slab activity high up on the NE face of Tukno. Fresh drifts today will add to previously formed wind slabs and human triggered avalanches a foot or more deep will be possible. Last week's heat wave and subsequent cold snap has really locked up the snowpack, and beneath this week's fresh snowfall the surface is firm and solid. This has greatly diminished the likelihood for triggering a deep hard slab avalanche failing on a persistent weak layer but it's still not beyond the realm of possibility. Likely trigger points include steep convexities, thin slab margins, and shallow rocky areas. Sticking to broad, planar slopes will help minimize your risk.