Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 13th, 2023 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
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Avalanche Canada
The wind is forecast to pick up through the weekend, keeping wind slabs as the main concern.
Summary
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
There are no recent reports of avalanche activity.
Snowpack Summary
There is 5-15 cm of snow accumulation from the past several days. In exposed terrain this may be sitting on old buried wind slabs in lee terrain features near ridges. Terrain sheltered from the wind has about 10-20 cm of soft snow. This snow may sit above a layer of surface hoar crystals. A weak layer of facets that formed during the arctic outbreak in December is buried 30 to 60 cm deep. Observations suggest it is fairly widespread, but not reactive to triggering under the current conditions.
Weather Summary
Friday Night
Cloudy with isolated flurries bringing 1-3cm. Light to moderate southerly wind. Treeline high temperature around -5°C.
Saturday
Mainly cloudy. Light to moderate southwest wind. Treeline high temperature around -3°C.
Sunday
Mainly cloudy. Light to moderate southeast wind. Treeline high temperature around -4°C.
Monday
Mainly cloudy with sunny periods. Light southwest wind. Treeline high temperature around -5°C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Recent wind has varied in direction so watch for wind slabs on all aspects.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Winds switching from north to south have formed wind slabs on a variety of aspects.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 14th, 2023 4:00PM
