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Avalanche Forecast

Jan 29th, 2015–Jan 30th, 2015

Alpine

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be low

Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low

Below Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low

Alpine

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be low

Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low

Below Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low

Alpine

2: Moderate

The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be moderate

Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low

Below Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low

Regions: Sea To Sky.

You might get a loose wet avalanche to run on a steep south facing slope. Maybe.

Confidence

Good

Weather Forecast

Friday: Dry. Warm alpine temperatures with freezing level around 2500 m. Ridgetop winds around390 km/h from the west. Saturday: Dry. Cooling through the day. Winds becoming northerly or northwesterly, but staying mostly light. Sunday: Snowfall amounts 5-10 cm. Freezing level around 1000 m. Moderate southwesterly winds.

Avalanche Summary

No recent avalanches have been reported.

Snowpack Summary

Up to 50 cm of settled storm snow has been saturated by rain up to about 2100m. Cooling has frozen the snow surface into a hard crust at most elevations. At the highest elevations you might find dense, stubborn wind slabs in lee terrain. At very low elevations, or on south-facing slopes during the day, you might find some areas with moist or wet snow on the surface.For now, at least, deeper snowpack weaknesses have become unreactive on account of the strong capping crust layer.