Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Dec 15th, 2016 7:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Loose Dry and Wind Slabs.
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Winds are expected to pick up on Friday. Watch for fresh windslabs.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Continued cold temperatures (with a slight temperature inversion) through to Saturday with a slight warming trend starting Sunday. Winds are forecasted to increase on Friday and becoming strong from the north-west on Saturday. Light amounts of snow forecast starting Saturday night.
Snowpack Summary
The low elevation snowpack in the Little Yoho region is shallow and facetted, with a total depth of <100 cm up to almost 2000 m elevation. Above that, the snow becomes much deeper and stronger with recent test results showing no significant weak layers or shears in the snowpack.
Avalanche Summary
No significant slab avalanches have been reported or observed in the past week. Loose snow avalanches (up to size 1.5) are occurring out of steeper terrain.
Confidence
Problems
Loose Dry
The surface snow is facetted and weak, resulting in large sluffs in steep terrain. Sluffs are picking up mass and running fairly far. Pay attention to terrain traps where snow can accumulate into deeper deposits.
- Be aware of party members below you that may be exposed to your sluffs.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Wind Slabs
Forecasted winds for Friday and Saturday may create fresh wind slabs.
Aspects: North, North East, East.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Dec 16th, 2016 4:00PM
