Lawinenlagebericht

Cariboos

Apr 3 – 4, 2012Avalanche Canada
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Lawinengefahr

Thu
Fri
Hochgebirge
2 · Mässig
Waldgrenze
2 · Mässig
Unterhalb
1 · Gering

Lawinenprobleme

  • Wind Slabs

    • Hochgebirge
    • Waldgrenze
    • Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
    Wahrscheinlichkeit
    Possible
    Größe
    1–4
    Recent new snow and moderate southerly winds continue to build windslabs.
  • Cornices

    • Hochgebirge
    • Waldgrenze
    • Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
    Wahrscheinlichkeit
    Possible - Likely
    Größe
    3–7
    Recent snow and wind have have made large cornices even bigger and more sensitive. Consider a cornice to be a large enough trigger to initiate an avalanche on the deeper buried weaknesses.
  • Loose Wet

    • Hochgebirge
    • Waldgrenze
    • Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
    Wahrscheinlichkeit
    Possible - Likely
    Größe
    1–3
    Even short periods of sun can initiate avalanches on sun exposed slopes.

Confidence

Good

Weather Forecast

WEDNESDAY: Light amounts of precipitation along with light winds from the north. Freezing level hovering around 1200m. THURSDAY & FRIDAY: Broken skies with locally light amounts of precipitation, light north winds and 1000m freezing level.

Avalanche Summary

No reports of recent significant avalanches in the region.

Snowpack Summary

Up to 60cm of recent storm snow from the past 4 days combined with moderate winds have formed windslabs in the alpine continued to build already very large cornices. There is moist snow on all aspects below 1600 metres.

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