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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Nov 25th, 2013–Nov 26th, 2013

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

Regions

Glacier.

Warmer temperatures up high today, caution on solar aspects.The winter permit system comes into effect tomorrow. Click here: Winter Permit Information, for further details.

Weather Forecast

High pressure ridge continues to dominate the weather pattern over the province. There's currently an inversion with temperatures expected to increase into the positive values at higher elevations. No precipitation expected in the next days.

Snowpack Summary

Upper snow pack continues to facet with a sun crust on south aspects. The November 12 surface hoar layer is down 50-110cm and is variable in size and distribution.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches.

Confidence

Due to the quality of field observations on Monday

Problems

Persistent Slabs

Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) in the middle to upper snowpack, when the bond to an underlying persistent weak layer breaks. Persistent layers include: surface hoar, depth hoar, near-surface facets, or faceted snow. Persistent weak layers can continue to produce avalanches for days, weeks or even months, making them especially dangerous and tricky. As additional snow and wind events build a thicker slab on top of the persistent weak layer, this avalanche problem may develop into a Deep Persistent Slab.