Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Nov 20th, 2015 8:35AM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Storm Slabs.
bcorrigan,
Avalanche Canada
Forecasters are working with very little information this early in the season. If you are riding or touring in the back country, share your observations through the MIN
Summary
Confidence
Fair - Due to the number and quality of field observations
Weather Forecast
Friday: No precipitation in the forecast. Freezing levels around 700m. Ridgetop winds light to moderate from the north westSat: No precipitation in the forecast. Freezing levels rising to close to 1000m late Saturday evening and an above freezing layer forecast between 1500 and 3000m. Ridgetop winds light to moderate from the north westSun: Precipitation forecast to begin late Sunday afternoon. Freezing level around 1000m . (above freezing layer persisting between 1500 and 2500m).Winds changing to South West,light to moderate. Mon. 10 to 15mm of precipitation in the forecast. Freezing levels drop to 500m by Monday afternoon. Winds changing to South West, light to moderate
Avalanche Summary
No recent reports of avalanche activity in the region, perhaps because of few observers that are active at this time.
Snowpack Summary
There's a wide variation in snowpack depths throughout the region with below thresh hold snow depth for the most part below 1500m
Problems
Storm Slabs
Warming temperatures will settle the snowpack, but there may be lurking thin windslabs in select locations. Be cautious with such a young snow pack
Be careful with wind loaded pockets while approaching and climbing ice routes.>Avoid freshly wind loaded features.>
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Nov 21st, 2015 2:00PM
