Some areas wind- scoured. Will deteriorate with rising temperatures. Few braving the higher slopes today. Strong S winds have started to distribute snow on to many sheltered aspects. Areas of dense windslab have formed on sheltered NE through to NW aspects above 800 metres.
Greatest accumulations are on sheltered steep slopes, gullies and hollows.
Fresh cornices forming. Strong SW winds with snow showers will form fresh windslab on sheltered NW through to NE aspects above 900 metres. Greatest accumulations will be on sheltered steep slopes, gullies and corrie headwalls. The snowpack will become increasingly unstable as temperatures rise, with snow turning to rain at lower levels. Wet snow instabilities will be present below 900 metres on many aspects.