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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 14th, 2026–Jan 15th, 2026

Alpine
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Alpine
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Treeline
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Below Treeline
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Alpine
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Treeline
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.

Regions

Northwest Coastal, Northwest Inland, Boundary, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, Howson, Microwave-Sinclair.

Continue to avoid avalanche terrain.

Natural avalanches may still occur, especially in coastal regions.

Confidence

Moderate

  • Uncertainty is due to how quickly the snowpack will recover and gain strength.
  • Uncertainty is due to rapidly fluctuating freezing levels.
  • The number, quality, or consistency of field observations is good, and supports our confidence.

Avalanche Summary

A widespread natural avalanche cycle continued on Wednesday, throughout all elevations and aspects as snowfall, rainfall and warming persists. Activity includes failures in recent storm snow, loose wet releases, as well as deeper weak layers such as the early January surface hoar and the late December crust.

Snowpack Summary

Recent storm totals vary from 130-250 cm throughout the region, heavily redistributed by strong southerly winds at upper elevations and settling rapidly from warm temperatures.

At treeline, surface snow has likely been affected by rain and warm temperatures. As freezing levels drop, new snow may fall over moist/wet surfaces. Below treeline, the snowpack is mostly saturated to ground.

A layer of large surface hoar is buried 90 to 150 cm in sheltered treeline features. The mid and lower snowpack is well settled with no current layers of concern. Treeline snow depths throughout the region range from 250 cm to 450 cm.

Weather Summary

Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. 1 cm of snow. 40 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C. Freezing level 700 m.

Thursday
Mostly sunny. 20 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C. Freezing level 1000 m.

Friday
Sunny. 20 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 3 °C. Freezing level 2600 m.

Saturday
Sunny. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 7 °C. Freezing level 3300 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and sun exposure.
  • Avoid exposure to overhead avalanche terrain; avalanches may run surprisingly far.
  • Storm slabs in motion may step down to deeply buried weak layers and result in very 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.

Loose Wet

Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.