Winds on Pre-Laurel Peak: WNW 5-10 Temp 17° Percent of Normal: 105%

Quiet weather continues for our zone and we can look forward to mostly sunny skies, light to moderate westerly winds, and high temps near 30 today. Expect similar conditions tomorrow.

A passing shortwave will bring clouds and slight chance of snow on Sunday. A period of unsettled weather begins early next week but I'm not seeing anything significant yet. We'll have to wait a few days to see how things evolve.

It's been a week now since the last significant snow fell, and with several days of strong sun and some wind, you're going to have to work harder to find soft snow. Seek out sheltered, northerly facing terrain for the safest and best turning and riding conditions. Winds from the south and west over the last couple of days have transported snow and built some shallow stiff slabs along the leeward sides of ridge crests and terrain features in upper elevation, wind exposed terrain. Our primary concern however, remains the persistent weak layer of faceted snow that's buried between 2'-4' deep. Although the likelihood is decreasing, deep and dangerous avalanches failing on this layer are still possible on slopes facing W-N-E-SE, with the greatest likelihood existing on steep, wind loaded, northerly facing terrain. Over in Colorado, where they have a similar snowpack, people are triggering avalanches daily down to this weak layer, sometimes after multiple runs on the same slope. Likely trigger points include thinner snowpack areas along slope margins, near rocky outcrops, or in areas of steep, rocky, radical terrain.