The weather has been warmer since the 4th, helping the new snow from last week bond and stabilize. Heavy rain has reached 800m and light rain has reached 1000m over the last few days, triggering the slopes that were ready to release and settling those that did not slide. Even on the higher elevation north aspect that we tested today, our blocks were quite strong, and we saw no signs of instability.

The snowpack should be generally solid now unless we get quite a bit more new snow. The higher elevations that have stayed dry so far will probably still have some activity when they thaw.

So spring is very late this year. When we usually expect warm sun and perfect corn snow, we instead have fresh powder up high and cold rain at the trailheads. Conditions are quite good, but you will have to pass through the rain zone to get to the good snow up high, and the snow can rapidly become sticky or heavy as the freezing level fluctuates.