Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 17th, 2012 9:38AM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is
jlammers,
Avalanche Canada
Summary
Confidence
Fair - Intensity of incoming weather is uncertain on Sunday
Weather Forecast
Saturday: trace amounts of new snow / light northwesterly winds / freezing level @ surface Sunday: trace amounts of snowfall in the day intensifying slightly in the afternoon and overnight / moderate southerly winds / freezing level @ 400m Monday: trace amounts of snowfall / light southwest winds / freezing level @ 700m
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
The snowpack is generally well settled and strong. Successive melt-freeze cycles have produced crusts on all aspects at lower elevations as well as on south-facing slopes higher up. Shaded aspects in the alpine are a mix of settled powder and old windslabs. Weak surface hoar crystals sit on the crusts to treeline and in sheltered areas in the alpine and are now covered by light amounts of recently fallen snow. This upper snow pack structure will be the big thing to watch as the overlying slab develops.
Valid until: Feb 18th, 2012 9:00AM
