Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 22nd, 2023 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
mbender,
Avalanche Canada
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
Winds switching direction have likely formed slabs on a variety of aspects.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 23rd, 2023 4:00PM
