Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Babine, East Stikine, Hudson Bay, Kispiox, Ningunsaw, North Bulkley, Northwest Inland, South Bulkley, Telkwa, West Stikine.
Carefully assess slopes for slab properties.
Storm slab size and sensitivity will likely increase throughout the day.
Confidence
Moderate
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported since the weekend, but reports have been limited. Please consider submitting your observations to the Mountain Information Network.
Snowpack Summary
By the morning of November 28th up to 15 cm could overlie variable snow surfaces, including small facets and/or surface hoar in sheltered areas and heavily wind-affected snow in exposed terrain.
A rain crust from early November is buried 40 to 90 cm deep and seems to be bonding well to overlying layers.
Alpine snow depths vary across the region, with up to 130 cm west of Smithers and around 60 cm to the east.
Weather Summary
Wednesday Night
Cloudy with up to 10 cm of snow expected. 25 to 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7°C.
Thursday
Cloudy with up to 10 cm of snow expected. 25 to 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5°C.
Friday
Cloudy with up to 20 cm of snow expected by mid morning. 25 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7°C.
Saturday
Cloudy with up to 20 cm of snow possible. 40 to 70 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1°C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Watch for fresh storm slabs building throughout the day.
- Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
- Closely monitor how the new snow is bonding to the old surface.
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Expect the largest, most reactive slabs in exposed terrain on north and east aspects, while sheltered areas may see slabs forming on a weak layer of surface hoar or facets.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 2