Avalanche Forecast

Moderate -

Friday night: Mainly cloudy. Light southwest winds. Saturday: Cloudy with sunny periods increasing over the day. Light southwest winds. Alpine high temperatures around 0 with freezing levels rising to 1900 metres and remaining elevated overnight.Sunday: Mainly sunny. Light variable winds. Alpine high temperatures around +3 as freezing levels rise to 2500 metres by end of day, increasing overnight.Monday: Sunny. Light southeast winds. Alpine high temperatures around +7 with freezing levels reaching 3300 metres and remaining elevated overnight.

On Wednesday a skier remote triggered a size 2 wind slab on a northeast facing alpine slope at 2000 m with a crown 40 cm in depth. There are some great photos in this MIN of a size 2.5 wind slab that was skier triggered on a north facing slope on the Slalok/Matier Glacier. As we enter a period of increasing warming it's worth reminding ourselves that glide cracks are to be avoided at all times. They're incredibly unpredictable and when they fail, they often fail big. Glide avalanche concerns are especially important to consider in the Coquihalla area. A recent social media post from a professional in this part of the region does a great job of highlighting the issue. (Link here)This avalanche was reported from the Duffey Lake area on Tuesday. It indicates the nature of the bond between the recent storm snow and old surfaces below may be poor. Most other recent reports from this region have been of small loose snow avalanches.

Light amounts of new snow have been redistributed by southwesterly and northerly winds, potentially creating some unusual wind slabs, including on south-facing slopes. Beneath this recent snow you may find hard wind-affected snow at higher elevations, soft and faceted snow in shaded and sheltered areas, and melt-freeze crusts on southerly slopes. The middle and lower snowpack is generally well-settled.