At 2260 meters the temperature was -5 as of 07:00 Hrs. In the valley it was -2. 4 centimetres of snow fell in the past 17 hours at my location. At the weather station on Nesters Road the precip gauge registered 1.2 mils yesterday.
Snowmobiles and Avalanches, some great video of avalanches and a diagram with the anatomy of a slab avalanche: National Avalanche Centre
Often over the winter you will hear the term compression test, here is an explanation: Cam Campbell
From MEC, Snowpack testing: How to Videos
