Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Jan 22nd, 2023 4:00PM

The alpine rating is moderate, the treeline rating is moderate, and the below treeline rating is low. Known problems include Wind Slabs.

Avalanche Canada mbender, Avalanche Canada

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Pay attention to the wind direction as there is plenty of snow to build wind slabs in the coming days.

Summary

Confidence

High

Avalanche Summary

Reports on Saturday indicate avalanche activity was limited to a few wind slabs to size 1.5 at treeline and some loose dry avalanches from steep terrain to size 1.

Please continue to post your reports and photos to the Mountain Information Network.

Snowpack Summary

10-20 cm of new snow from Saturday is likely to be found in wind sheltered terrain features. This sits over 50 cm of settling snow at higher elevations and sits on a hard crust at lower elevations 800m and below.

Last week's rain saturated the snowpack and created a well settled and strong lower snowpack.

Weather Summary

Sunday Night

Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries. Light to moderate northwest wind. Treeline temperature around -4 C. Freezing level around 500 m.

Monday

Cloudy with scattered flurries delivering up to 5 cm of snow. Moderate to strong northwest wind. Treeline temperature around -4 C. Freezing level around 500 m.

Tuesday

Cloudy with isolated flurries. Moderate northwest wind. Treeline temperature around -5 C. Freezing level around 500 m.

Wednesday

Mix of sun and cloud. Light northwest wind. Treeline temperature around 1 C. Freezing level around 1400 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Pay attention to the wind, once it starts to blow fresh sensitive wind slabs are likely to form.
  • Recent wind has varied in direction so watch for wind slabs on all aspects.

Problems

Wind Slabs

An icon showing Wind Slabs

Winds switching direction have likely formed slabs on a variety of aspects.

Aspects: All aspects.

Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.

Likelihood

Possible

Expected Size

1 - 2

Valid until: Jan 23rd, 2023 4:00PM