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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_1681A555">Dry snow may still be found on shady slopes in the alpine. At these locations, 30-50 cm of well settled snow overlies a layer of weak </span><a href="https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow" target="_blank"><span class="s_69909980">facets</span></a><span class="s_1681A555"> that was buried around March 10th. This is currently the primary layer of concern for human triggering persistent slab avalanches, although there have been no recent reports of avalanches on this layer.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_1681A555">Lower down in the snowpack, the base is composed of weak facets. Large avalanches initiating on these facets are unlikely, but feasible, as we go through another period of warming. They are most likely to occur on steep, smooth, rocky, terrain in areas where the snowpack depth is shallow.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_1681A555">The prolonged warm spell has transitioned sun exposed slopes in the alpine and all aspects at treeline and below towards becoming isothermal (0 C throughout the snowpack). In these areas, spring conditions are in effect; the avalanche hazard will fluctuate greatly depending on the strength of the overnight freeze and how quickly the snowpack is warmed up each day. Check out this guide to managing avalanche hazard during spring conditions </span><a href="https://www.avalanche.ca/pages/static-page/spring-conditions" target="_blank"><span class="s_69909980">here.</span></a><span class="s_AA239A9B" /></p>