Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain on Saturday

Saturday: 5-10 cm new snow above 1500 m, with rain below that. Ridgetop winds up to 50 km/h from the southwest. Sunday: Cloudy with some sunshine. Flurries possible. Freezing level around 1500 m. Ridgetop winds around 30 km/h from the west. Monday: Light snow 2-4 cm. Freezing level rising to around 1800 m in the afternoon. Ridgetop winds around 40 km/h from the southwest.

No recent avalanches have been reported. Observations are becoming more limited as we enter into spring. If you're out in the mountains, please consider posting your observations to our webpage using the Mountain Information Network. 

Melt-freeze surface conditions exist on sun-exposed slopes. On shaded slopes, 10-20cm of recent snow overlies a thick supportive melt-freeze crust. At higher elevations these accumulations may have been blown around by variable winds and thin wind slabs may exist on a variety of aspects. The mid-March crust/facet complex is buried around 50cm below the surface. This layer is generally considered dormant, although it could be reactivated in isolated terrain by prolonged warm temperatures. The mid and lower snowpack are strong and well settled.