Boletín de aludes

North Columbia

Mar 11 – 12, 2018Avalanche Canada
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Peligro de aludes

Tue
Wed
Alta montaña
3 · Notable
Límite del bosque
3 · Notable
Bajo el límite
3 · Notable
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Lo esencial

Avalanche danger will increase in the afternoon with strong solar input and warming temperatures. Concern for persistent slab problems is on the rise.See the Forecaster's Blog for more: http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/2018-03-09-first-big-warm-up

Problemas de aludes

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Possible
    Tamaño
    1–2.5
    Wind slabs formed on all aspects during the recent storm and they may remain reactive on Monday. Extra caution is needed on solar aspects where sunshine could act as a natural trigger and buried sun crust as a sliding layer.

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Possible
    Tamaño
    1.5–3.5
    Rising temperatures and strong sunshine are increasing concern for weak layers buried deep in the snowpack. In addition to human triggering in thin spots, solar warming and cornice releases are possible natural triggers for persistent slabs.

  • Loose Wet

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Likely - Very Likely
    Tamaño
    1–2
    Wet loose avalanches are likely in steep, rocky, sunny terrain. Warming could also wake up more deeply buried weak layers, creating a surprisingly large avalanche.

Confidence

Moderate - Timing or intensity of solar radiation is uncertain

Weather Forecast

Sunny and warm until the start of our next weather system on Wednesday. MONDAY: Sunny. Light southeast winds. Freezing level rising to 2200 metres with alpine high temperatures around +2.TUESDAY: Mainly sunny. Light southeast winds, increasing over the day. Freezing level to 2500 metres with alpine high temperatures of +3.WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with isolated flurries in the afternoon. Light south winds. Freezing level near 2000 metres with alpine high temperatures of +1.

Avalanche Summary

A widespread natural avalanche cycle to size 3 was reported on Saturday. These avalanches were primarily wet loose avalanches on sunny aspects, however, some did step down to the mid-February layer on southerly aspects. Reports from Friday included observations of numerous storm slabs and wind slabs that ran from size 1.5 to 2.5. These were triggered naturally as well as with ski cutting and all aspects and elevations were represented. Avalanche activity is expected to increase as we move into a period of intense sun and prolonged warming. Predictable loose wet avalanches from steep, sunny terrain should be easy to manage. A trickier problem will emerge as warmth penetrates into the snowpack to tickle deeper persistent weak layers. This will be a time to avoid exposure to large sunny features and keep well away from corniced slopes.

Snowpack Summary

15-25 cm of snow from Thursday into Friday sits on sun crusts on solar aspects and well-settled storm snow on more northerly aspects. Several other sun crust layers may be found within the older storm snow on solar aspects.A couple of layers buried in mid to late February (down around 60-110 cm) are variably reactive, but both have the potential to create surprisingly large avalanches if triggered. Initially, these interfaces were most reactive on solar aspects, where they present as buried sun crusts. However, persistent slabs have been triggered on shady aspects too, where surface hoar and/or facets exist.Deeper persistent weak layers from January and December are generally considered dormant, but could wake up with forecast warming, a surface avalanche stepping down, cornice fall, or a human trigger in a shallow or variable-depth snowpack area. These layers consist of sun crust, surface hoar and/or facets.

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