Dashboard Regions Weather Stations Radar Alerts Glossary
Contact About
Log In

Register for an account and never miss a forecast again!

Register

Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Apr 5th, 2026–Apr 6th, 2026

Alpine
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

Chic-Choc Mountains, Chic-Chocs.

Be cautious near areas of wind loading and below convexities. The new snow needs time to stabilize.

Confidence

Moderate

  • We are uncertain due to a limited number of field observations.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches have been observed or reported.

If you head into the backcountry, thanks for sharing your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).

Snowpack Summary

By Sunday evening, we could receive between 15 and 30 cm of new snow. This snow will fall on a variety of surfaces: wind-affected snow, powder, and sun crust.

A widespread melt-freeze crust about 2 cm thick is present at depths of 40 to 90 cm. A weak layer of faceted grains has developed on this crust on north to east aspects and is reactive in tests at treeline and in alpine terrain.

At mid-elevation, the average snowpack depth is around 140 cm.

Weather Summary

WEATHER FOR THE CHIC-CHOCS RIDGES AND PEAKS

End of storm, Monday will be accompanied by strong winds and a few centimeters of snow.

Sunday evening and night: A few rain or snow showers ending around midnight. West wind at 20–40 km/h. Temperatures steady near -1 °C. Freezing level at 550 m.

Monday: Cloudy with a few snow showers. Accumulation of 1–5 cm. West wind at 30–50 km/h. Temperatures dropping to -8 °C in the afternoon.

Tuesday: Cloudy. West wind at 10–30 km/h. High of -14 °C.

Wednesday: Mix of sun and cloud. West wind at 10–30 km/h. High of -8 °C.


For more details, see the Chic-Chocs alpine weather forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Continue to make conservative terrain choices while the storm snow settles and stabilizes.
  • Be aware of the potential for human triggerable storm slabs at lower elevations, even on small features.
  • Storm slabs in motion may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.

Problems

Storm Slabs

Storm Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer (a slab) of new snow that breaks within new snow or on the old snow surface. Storm-slabs typically last between a few hours and few days (following snowfall). Storm-slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.