Vancouver Island
Peligro de aludes
Lo esencial
Seek out sheltered terrain where cold, dry, loose snow will be found.
Confidence
Avalanche Summary
No recent avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 90 cm of faceted, dry old storm snow can still be found at treeline. Pockets of wind slab may remain on lee features in the alpine. On Mount Cokely, reports are of a breakable wind crust on the surface all the way to ridgetop.
The remainder of the snowpack is strong, with numerous hard melt-freeze crusts.
Treeline snow depth ranges from 100 to 180 cm. Snow depth diminishes rapidly at low elevations where there has been more rainfall.
Weather Summary
Monday Night
Partially cloudy with no new snow expected, east ridgetop wind 10 to 15 km/h, treeline temperature -4°C.
Tuesday
A mix of sun and cloud with trace amounts of new snow expected, southeast ridgetop wind 10 to 20 km/h, freezing level rising to 500 m.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of new snow expected, west ridgetop wind 15 to 35 km/h, freezing level rising to 700 m.
Thursday
Cloudy with 20 to 30 cm of new snow expected, east ridgetop wind 20 to 30 km/h, freezing level rising to 1000 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.