Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Apr 21st, 2017 3:00PM

The alpine rating is below threshold, the treeline rating is below threshold, and the below treeline rating is below threshold.

Avalanche Canada mbender, Avalanche Canada

Please check the Forecaster Blog for more information regarding spring conditions here. Under present conditions, the All Melt No Freeze scenario may be the most applicable.

Summary

Confidence

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Weather Forecast

Mountain Weather Forecasts are available at avalanche.ca/weather http://www.avalanche.ca/weather SPOTWX (http://spotwx.com) is a resource for weather forecasts at a local scale. Remember a short range forecast (2 days) will probably be more reliable than a long range forecast (8 10 days). Higher resolutions of a short term model is also more likely to capture the topography and weather process associated with the mountains.

Avalanche Summary

Snowpack Summary

Four common spring scenarios are described at http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/spring-strategy-2017 which may be relevant throughout the spring and summer. It's up to you to decide which of the scenarios applies to your situation. Each scenario has specific weather, snowpack, and avalanche characteristics. Each requires a different approach in terms of risk management.

Valid until: Apr 22nd, 2017 2:00PM