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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Mar 7th, 2026–Mar 10th, 2026

Alpine
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Treeline
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.
Alpine
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Treeline
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.
Alpine
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.

Regions

Long Range Mountains, Corner Brook, Gros Morne, Northern Peninsula.

Warming temperatures and rain falling on snow is raising the avalanche danger to high.

Avoid all avalanche terrain.

Confidence

Moderate

  • We are uncertain due to a limited number of field observations.

Avalanche Summary

On Friday near ten mile pond, the field team reported a large avalanche (size 2) that had failed on a south aspect. We suspect this is older than 48 hours and is likely to have failed on the late February persistent slab avalanche problem interface.

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Snowpack Summary

Warming temperatures and rainfall is expected to rapidly settle and unconsolidated 30 to 50 cm of snow that had fallen over the past week. In wind-exposed areas, it has been redistributed by strong west into lee features, forming new wind slabs.

50 to 80 cm deep, on steep southeast through southwest slopes, a crust with weak, sugary facets on top has been observed. If triggered, this layer could produce large to very large avalanches.

The mid and lower snowpack is well settled, with no layers of concern.

Weather Summary

An area of low pressure tracking west of Newfoundland this weekend will bring warm, mild air and heavy rainfall. Up to 50 cm of recent new snow is expected to rapidly settle and lose strength, driving the avalanche danger rating to High.

Saturday Night
Cloudy. 25 to 35 mm of rain at treeline. 120 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C.

Sunday
Cloudy. 20 to 30 mm of rain at treeline. 50 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C.

Monday
Mostly cloudy. 4 to 5 mm of rain at treeline. 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.

Tuesday
Mostly cloudy. 3 to 15 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 80 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C.

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More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Avoid avalanche terrain during periods of heavy rain.
  • Watch for rapidly changing conditions during periods of heavy loading from new snow, wind, or rain.
  • Pay attention to cornices and give them a wide berth when traveling on or below ridges.

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.

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.

Cornices

Cornice Fall is the release of an overhanging mass of snow that forms as the wind moves snow over a sharp terrain feature, such as a ridge, and deposits snow on the downwind (leeward) side. Cornices range in size from small wind drifts of soft snow to large overhangs of hard snow that are 30 feet (10 meters) or taller. They can break off the terrain suddenly and pull back onto the ridge top and catch people by surprise even on the flat ground above the slope. Even small cornices can have enough mass to be destructive and deadly. Cornice Fall can entrain loose surface snow or trigger slab avalanches.