31 Jan - AST course

I was indoors all day teaching an AST Level 1 avalanche course so have nothing to offer from the backcountry. It snowed a lot of the day in the valley, and that snow has buried the sun crust which was created yesterday. I saw it up close being formed on sunny morning and midday S and E aspects at least up to 1550m. Look at the 850mbar map - snow is forecast to intensify this evening with the possibility tomorrow of quite strong winds and windslab creation onto that new crust. And so it goes. Possibly the start of a new avalanche cycle? If anyone sees any avalanche activity please send me an email or mention it here. Some guys from Suomi sent me some photos of an avalanche on the summer roads of Sakka last week - an area people dismiss as harmless, yet has had skier triggered avalanches at least twice in the last three seasons.