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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Reports from Friday don't yet take our new snow into account, but loose snow sluffing in steep terrain (to Size 1.5) has been a developing theme in recent days, likely aided by faceting of surface snow. Reports from Thursday include details of explosives control in the north of the region producing results up to Size 1, with one cornice result succeeding in triggering a Size 2 slab over our December facet layer.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Monday, several natural wind slab avalanches up to size 2 were observed throughout the region. These avalanches occurred on most aspects and were mainly in the alpine. Since then, skiers and sledders have been triggering several wind slab avalanches up to size 1.5. </span><span class="s_AA239A9B"> A MIN report from the Quartz Creek area shows a sledder triggered size 2 wind slab avalanche. </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/1a3361d8-c5cf-4bb2-a72d-090fc183105e" target="_blank"><span class="s_9255B882">Click here for more details.</span></a><span class="s_AA239A9B"> </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">As for Sunday's outlook, fresh storm slabs are expected to be sensitive to human triggering, especially where they overlie weak surfaces and in wind-exposed areas. With this in mind, the potential for storm slab avalanches to 'step down' to deeper weaknesses in shallow snowpack areas should not be overlooked.</span></p>