Sea To Sky

The storm continues to pile on new snow with strong wind, building touchy storm slabs.

Make conservative choices and be very wary of exposure to overhead hazard.

Moderate

• We are uncertain about forecast precipitation amounts.
• We are confident the likelihood of avalanches will increase with the forecast weather.
• We are confident a natural avalanche cycle will begin shortly after the arrival of the incoming weather.

On Thursday and Friday, several skier triggered, remote triggered, and natural size 1 to 1.5 wind slab avalanches were reported in the region. These all occured in alpine terrain.

On Tuesday, several size 1 to 1.5 wind slab avalanches were reported in the region. These avalanches were triggered naturally, by explosives, and by skiers.

New snow falls on a variety of surfaces, including old wind slab on all aspects, facets, and exposed crust.

The early February crust/facet layer is down 30 to 75 cm.

Another widespread crust and facet layer from late January is buried 40 to 100 cm deep.

The mid and lower snowpack is well settled and strong.

Sunday Night
Cloudy. 10 to 20 cm of snow. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.

Monday
Mostly cloudy. 10 to 20 cm of snow. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.

Tuesday
Mostly sunny. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.

Wednesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 5 to 10 cm of snow. 50 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for fresh storm slabs building throughout the day.
• Storm slab size and sensitivity to triggering will likely increase through the day.
• As the storm slab problem worsens, the easy solution is to choose more conservative terrain.