The cold is still with us. If you decide to shorten your mountain outings, this is the perfect opportunity to perfect your search and rescue skills at the recently installed DVA park at the Discovery and Services Centre.
New wind slabs are forming on east to south aspects. They are reactive to human triggering. There may still be some stubborn, isolated wind slabs formed on January 28 on North to East aspects. We have few recent observations in the Alpin.
No new avalanches reported or observed
If you head into the backcountry, thanks for sharing your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).
In the alpine and at treeline, we find a variety of surfaces, ranging from surface obstacles, hardened snow to the formation of new wind slabs on northeast to south-facing aspects. In areas protected from the wind and below treeline, there is between 10 and 30 cm of powdery snow. The middle of the snowpack appears to be fairly stable (snowpack consolidation), although facets are developing near the crusts at the base of the snowpack. Snow depth at mid-mountain varies between 90 and 130 cm.
WEATHER FOR THE CHIC-CHOCS RIDGES AND SUMMITS
The cold weather will persist for the next few days.
Thursday evening and night: Mostly cloudy. Accumulation 2 cm. Northwest winds, 40-60 km/h. Minimum -25C.
Friday: Mostly cloudy. Wind west, 15 to 30 km/h. High -17C.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Northwest winds, 25 to 50 km/h. Maximum -23C.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Wind northwest, 25 to 50 km/h. Maximum -17C.
For more details, see the Chic-Chocs alpine weather forecast.
