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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_1681A555">Heavy wet snow (15-20 cm in 12 hours) and moderate southerly winds started late Friday and continued through Saturday. Temperatures also warmed up significantly. The end result: Widespread storm slabs and wind slabs at treeline and above with significant cornice growth as well. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_DDF6C5E8">All this storm snow (totals of 40-80cm) sits on older windslabs (or soft slabs) at treeline and above. Below 1800m, the new snow sits on a melt-freeze crust from last week's warm storm, and reports so far are that the new snow is bonding well to the old crust. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_1681A555">Approximately 100-140 cm below the surface you may find the late-February persistent weakness / crust interface. This layer has woken up from time to time as smaller avalanches still have to potential to 'step down' and trigger this layer. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_1681A555">The deep mid-December facet layer (and November raincrust) still linger at the bottom of the snowpack and are the suspected culprit (running to ground) in a Glacier National Park avalanche. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParksMountainSafety/photos/a.1122932427756745.1073741905.145133538869977/1250972184952768/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank"><span class="s_69909980">See here for the spooky picture</span></a><span class="s_1681A555">. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_AA239A9B"> </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_AA239A9B"> </span></p>