Winds from the SW began ramping up a little after midnight and I'm afraid they are here to stay. Following brief ridging today, we're headed into a prolonged period of unsettled weather lasting at least into early next week. Action for the next few days will be focused on points north, but we'll get plenty of wind and increasing clouds today with high temperatures rising into the mid 30's at 10,000'. We'll see more clouds and ever increasing SW winds through Saturday. By Sunday, a deep low pressure system moves into the desert Southwest bringing us our next chance for snow. Stay tuned.

March conditions are in full effect and you can find a little bit of everything out there right now including varying degrees of breakable sun crust that turn sloppy late in the day, and soft, settled powder on sheltered, northerly aspects. The sun is high in the sky however, and low angle northerly aspects are now open to sun exposure.