Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Back to the cold weather. Sunny with scattered cloud today, alpine high of -16*C, and light to moderate reverse winds out of the NE. More of the same for Monday and Tuesday, with cold temp's, mix of sun and cloud, and light ridge-top winds
Snowpack Summary
A dusting of new snow covers hard wind slabs and scoured surfaces in the alpine and exposed areas at tree line. Cold temperatures have created a weak and faceted upper snowpack. Wind slabs have been most reactive on solar aspects where crusts are buried. The Jan 17 surface hoar is down 50-70cm at TL and below.
Avalanche Summary
A natural loose, dry size 2.0 avalanche hit a party of 3 people on Single Bench on Mt Tupper. Two were caught and went 250 and 600m respectively. One person sustained a broken arm. See MIN. Several loose, dry to sz 2.5 were observed from Macdonald Gullies 6, 9, and 10.
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2
Loose Dry
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2