Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 23rd, 2013 9:07AM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Storm Slabs.
pgoddard,
Avalanche Canada
Summary
Confidence
Fair - Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather is uncertain for the entire period
Weather Forecast
Thursday: Strong S to SW winds. Alpine temperature near -8. 10-15 cm snow, mostly arriving late in the day.Friday: Strong SW winds. Alpine temperature near -5. 5-15 cm snow.Saturday: Light SW winds. Alpine temperature near -6. Very light snow.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
New snow is landing on a medley of surfaces including hard wind slabs, thin and thick crusts and large surface hoar crystals which can be found in sheltered terrain below treeline.A surface hoar layer buried down 40-80 cm seems to be gaining strength, but still exhibits moderate, sudden results in isolated snowpack tests. Near the base of the snowpack, a crust/facet layer exists, which is now unlikely to be triggered, except perhaps by heavy triggers in unsupported, shallow, rocky terrain where more faceting has taken place.
Problems
Storm Slabs
Incoming snow may bond poorly to old surfaces. New wind slabs are also likely to develop during the next few days.
Avoid freshly wind loaded features.>Be cautious of sluffing in steep terrain.>
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 24th, 2013 2:00PM
