February 24, 2026. 06:00 AM

4 cm new snow, -9.0 deg, broken skies, moderate west winds.

Continued wind effect open areas treeline and alpine continuing to build windslabs. Up to 40 cm recent storm snow overlies widespread Feb 13 surface hoar treeline and below, over sun crust on solar aspects, and another surface hoar and sun crust down 20 cm. Total 70 - 100 cm settled storm slab over the January 28 layer of surface hoar over various hardpack crusts.

Groups skiing sheltered treeline and below in Merlot and Chicken Knob.