Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 21st, 2022 3:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
Dvonk,
Avalanche Canada
The ski quality has drastically improved. But you can still feel that crust when breaking trail and skiing down most features.
Summary
Confidence
Weather Forecast
Its a backwards time. Winds coming straight out of the east is abnormal for us. Tuesday wont be any warmer (-30!!!), but the sun should be out in full force.
Avalanche Summary
A few loose dry (sluffs) avalanches to size 1.5 on both East and West Aspects at TL.
These started in steep (45 degrees +) start zones and stopped well in the tracks and only entrained the surface snow.
No slab activity noted today
Snowpack Summary
Up to 35cm of recent storm snow has fallen at tree line in the last storm. This snow overlies widespread wind effect at all elevations and sun crust in steep solar features. Field teams today found that the bond at the storm snow interface is variable, ranging from poor to good. Above 2400m the recent variable winds have formed wind slabs on all aspects.
Terrain and Travel
- Avoid freshly wind loaded terrain features.
- Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and wind exposure.
- Wind slabs may be poorly bonded to the underlying crust.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Wind slab formation is on-going. Watch for these slabs on all aspects due to variable winds. These slabs are sitting on either a crust or a hard wind layer, and will be sensitive to human triggering in steep and unsupported terrain.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 22nd, 2022 3:00PM
