Coquihalla

Fresh snow is accumulating over unstable surfaces, creating dangerous avalanche conditions. Avoid avalanche terrain during periods of rapid loading by new snow and wind.

No recent avalanches have been reported. We expect avalanches on Friday were small but easily triggered by riders. Avalanche size and sensitivity will likely increase as snowfall intensifies overnight and into Saturday.

New snow is accumulating. By late Saturday afternoon, storm totals are expected to reach 30 to 50 cm, accompanied by moderate southwesterly winds at ridgetops. The new snow is not expected to bond well to underlying surfaces including a hard crust, facets and/or surface hoar.

The mid and lower snowpack is well-settled and dense with no layers of concern.

Friday night

Cloudy with 15 to 30 cm of new snow. 40 to 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature dropping from -3 to -9 °C. Freezing level dropping from 1100m to valley bottom.

Saturday

Cloudy with 10 to 20 cm of snow. 30 to 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.

Sunday

Cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of snow. 10 to 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures -10 °C.

Monday

Mostly cloudy with 1 to 5 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures -14 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avoid avalanche terrain during periods of heavy snowfall.
• Don't let storm day fever lure you into consequential terrain.
• Storm slab size and sensitivity to triggering will likely increase through the day.