Confidence
Fair - Due to the number of field observations
Weather Forecast
A week system will approach the coast on Tuesday night bringing cooler temperatures and light precipitation to the Coast range.Monday: Mainly cloudy, no precipitation. Ridge top winds will be light from the southwest. Freezing levels to remain steady at 3000m.Tuesday: Cloudy with sunny periods, no precipitation. Winds at ridge top will remain light from the southwest. Freezing levels falling to 2000m.Wednesday: Mainly cloudy with light furies forecast to bring 2-6cm of snow. Ridge top winds will be light from the west. Freezing levels 1900m.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
Information coming from this region has been extremely limited; however, reports suggest there is about a meter of snow at upper treeline elevations. Terrain below treeline is reported to be mostly below threshold for avalanche activity.Steep solar aspects have seen a daily melt-freeze cycle with recent warming.The upper snowpack is tightening up with the recent warm temps and will have likely gained considerable strength. A few crusts can be found deeper in the snowpack. Some facets may be found lingering around these crusts at higher elevations. Observers are not identifying any of these as cause for concern at this time although they might be worth exploring.
Problems
Loose Wet
Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.