The avalanches in Powder Park and the Tri-chutes that broke into the old weak snow near or at ground prove that the significant snowfall over the past few days has overloaded our pre-existing weak faceted snowpack. You can expect avalanches to be 2-4' deep, and if caught, probably unsurvivable. If you choose to ride on slopes steeper than 30° where this weak snow exists, you will likely trigger an avalanche.

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Dangerous avalanche conditions exist, patience and avoidance will be the name of the game today. Continue to stick to low angle terrain with nothing steep above or connected to it.

The new snow fell on a variety of weak snow surfaces. Before the recent snow, observes had noted surface hoar and near-surface facets on the snow surfaces throughout the range. Since the snowfall, observes are still able to find these really weak interfaces. Regardless of what you want to call the old snow surface, we know it's weak, and the newest storm snow is our slab. Though this slab is not very uniform, or cohesive, new snow avalanches may still be triggered on all aspects and elevations. If triggered these avalanches may be up to 1-2' deep today. These avalanches may be particularly sensitive on steep west to north to east-facing slopes at all elevation bands and may be triggered remotely or from a distance.

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Any new snow avalanche triggered can step down into deeper weaker layers creating a much larger avalanche 2-4' deep.