Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Mar 25th, 2020 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
Aaron Beardmore,
Parks Canada
Wind slabs will form on Thursday in the alpine with increasing wind from the West.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Seasonal temperatures, mixes of sun and cloud for the next couple of days. The main input will be the wind increasing to strong from the west Thursday late morning.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 30cm cm of light, dry new snow with minimal to no wind effect over the past 48-hours sits over a generally well settled and deep snowpack. In areas with less snow (< 150 cm), a dense mid-pack overlies a facetted base while deep snowpack areas (> 150 cm) have a strong, solid base.
Avalanche Summary
Small loose dry avalanches smaller than size 1 were observed in the Simpson slide paths today.
Confidence
Problems
Wind Slabs
Increasing wind from the West on Thursday will create new wind slabs in alpine lee areas.
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Mar 26th, 2020 4:00PM
