Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 8th, 2016 4:00PM
The alpine rating is Wind Slabs and Loose Dry.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeSummary
Weather Forecast
The NW flow will continue through the weekend with no snow. There will be a slight temperature inversion Saturday but alpine temps will stay in the -5 to -7 range. It's a long way off, but so far there isn't significant snow in the forecast for at least the next week.Check our weather stations for current conditions.
Snowpack Summary
3-10cm of low density new snow sits over the Jan 6 surface hoar and facets. Isolated wind slabs exist in the alpine near ridge crests. Buried sun crusts exist on steep S/SW aspects. Below 2000m, the Dec 3 layer of surface hoar and facets remains visible down 20-50 cm but is currently dormant. Thin areas are faceting out and weakening.
Avalanche Summary
Most reports are of minor sluffing out of extreme terrain to size 1.5 over the last 24 hours. Most of the activity occurred yesterday with increased winds. Activity has slowed, but small soft wind slabs are still being reported at Sunshine ski village near ridge crests.Â
Confidence
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Loose Dry
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 9th, 2016 4:00PM