Boletín de aludes

South Columbia

Feb 17 – 18, 2013Avalanche 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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Problemas de aludes

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Possible - Likely
    Tamaño
    1–5
    New wind slabs have developed at higher elevations. Older wind slabs may be buried by the new snow and may be difficult to locate.

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Unlikely - Possible
    Tamaño
    2–6
    There are older layers of buried surface hoar and crusts that are unlikely to be triggered by the weight of a skier or sledder, but may be triggered by large additional loads like cornice fall or wind/storm slab avalanches in motion.

  • Storm Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Likely
    Tamaño
    1–5
    New snow has added to the load of the recent storm snow. This storm slab is expected to continue to be reactive above a weak layer of surface hoar and sun crusts.

Confidence

Fair - Due to variable snowpack conditions for the entire period

Weather Forecast

Overnight and Monday: A weak ridge of high pressure is expected to give clear skies, light winds, and alpine temperatures dropping down to about -10.0 overnight. The ridge should continue to dominate on Monday bringing mostly clear skies with some valley cloud. The next trough is expected to move across the interior on Monday afternoon or evening bringing high cloud and a chance of light precipitation.Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of light precipitation and light winds.Wednesday :Another weak ridge is expected to fill in behind the trough, bringing light winds and cloudy skies in the morning. Broken skies and continued clearing in the afternoon.

Avalanche Summary

Skiers continued to release avalanches in the storm snow up to size 2.0 and natural avalanches were reported up to size 3.0 along the highway corridor.

Snowpack Summary

New snow has added to the recent storm slab above the February 12th weak surface hoar layer. This layer is now buried down about 20-50 cms depending on where you are in the region. This variable storm slab is also above a sun crust on Southerly aspects. New wind slabs developed at higher elevations due to the new snow and wind during the storm. These soft new wind slabs may be hiding stiffer wind slabs that are a couple of days older. Deeper persistent weak layers from early February and late January continue to show planar failures when moderate to hard forces are applied to snow profile tests. These deeper layers have not been reactive to the loads associated with recreationalists, but they may be triggered by large loads like an avalanche in motion, or a cornice fall.

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