Spring weather changes quickly and so can avalanche conditions. This morning the snow is refrozen in many places and will soften and melt quickly as the day heats up. Because it has been through several cycles of melting and refreezing, there should be minimal loose wet snow avalanches today. There is some dry snow remaining on steep north facing slopes at mid and upper elevations; however, many upper elevation slopes were affected by strong winds last weekend. In these places there is small chance you could trigger a slab of wind drifted snow.
Heads up: The top layer of snow should be refrozen this morning, but there may be snow up to a foot deep that remains warm and wet. Watch out today if snow conditions seem to change drastically in a short time. If the snow suddenly becomes a lot less supportable, there's a good chance wet avalanches can start happening. UAC Intern McKinley Talty found very wet snow near an ice crust in the middle of the snowpack at 8,025 feet
near Box Elder Peak yesterday.
Usually when the snow becomes so wet that riding conditions have deteriorated, its a sign that the likelihood of wet avalanche is increasing. At that point, it's time to either go home or go to aspects where the snow isn't as wet.
