Sea To Sky

Avoid avalanche terrain. Rapid loading from snowfall and wind is likely to induce a natural avalanche cycle.

No significant avalanches were reported in the past couple days but observations are limited this time of year.

We expect that a natural avalanche cycle could take place on Sunday.

If you are venturing into the backcountry please consider filling out a Mountain Information Network report.

New snow accompanied by southerly winds will overlie a crust at treeline and below. In the alpine this new snow will fall on a variety of surfaces including dry snow and wind slab on the north and crust and wind pressed surfaces on the south.

Several crusts can be found in the upper snowpack. A well settled snowpack exists below.

Saturday Night

Cloudy with 5 to 15 cm of dense new snow expected. Strong southerly winds and freezing level around 1300 m with the snowline around 900 m.

Sunday

Stormy with 10 to 20 cm of dense new snow expected. Moderate to strong southerly winds and freezing levels rising to 1600 m with the snowline around 1000 m.

Monday

Mostly cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of new snow expected. Moderate southeast winds and a high of -4°C at 1800 m.

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy with up to 10 cm of new snow possible. Light to moderate southerly winds and a High of -5°C at 1800 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avoid all avalanche terrain during periods of heavy snowfall.
• Avoid exposure to slopes that have cornices overhead.
• As surface loses cohesion due to melting, loose wet avalanches become common in steeper terrain.
• Be careful to keep storm day fever from luring you out into bigger terrain features.