<style type="text/css">
.p_CC664AAA { margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;text-align: left;text-indent: 0pt;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } 
.s_3FE45715 { font-family: 'Arial';font-style: Normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 13.3333333333333px;color: #000000; } 
.s_42FC617C { font-family: 'Arial';font-style: Normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 13.3333333333333px;color: #000000;text-decoration: underline; } 
.s_B5813F7D { font-family: 'Arial';font-style: Normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 13.3333333333333px;color: #0000FF;text-decoration: underline; } 
</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">New snow 10-15 cm adds to 25 cm from last weekend. Strong northeast winds have redistributed the recent snow, loading leeward slopes and cross-loading slopes at all elevations. The wind slabs are most reactive to the weight of a person on southerly slopes. The upper snowpack now covers variable old wind slabs at higher elevations and sun crusts on south-facing slopes. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">A weak layer of surface hoar crystals and a crust that was buried on February 7th is now 30-50 cm deep. This layer has been reactive to human triggers up to size 2. Two other surface hoar layers are buried 50 to 80 cm deep the snowpack (referred to as the February 1st and mid-January layers) and continues to be reactive to human triggers. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">The mid-pack is complex and requires diligence and patience. <br />The lower snowpack is considered generally strong.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><a href="https://www.avalanche.ca/map/forecasts/kootenay-boundary?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/e31fee09-55ed-4d11-ac3a-83627fcd940d" target="_blank"><span class="s_42FC617C">This MIN report </span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">reflects the Kootenay Pass area well. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><a href="https://www.avalanche.ca/map/forecasts/south-coast-inland?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/5b24c44c-4c8b-4d2d-97fa-d07102255493" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">This MIN report</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715"> reflects the Bonnigton Range. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715"> </span></p>