Avalanche Forecast
Regions: North Shore, Powell River, Sasquatch, Sky Pilot, South Coast, Stave, Tetrahedron.
Continuously assess conditions as you move through the mountains
Small pockets of wind slab may still remain on high north facing terrain
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
No new slab avalanches have been reported in the past 5 days at the time of publishing.
Snowpack Summary
A new crust likely exists on the surface except on high north facing terrain, where up to 20 cm of dense snow overlies a crust from earlier in March. Below this crust is a generally moist upper snowpack.
The mid and lower snowpack contain several crusts that are not concerning.
Weather Summary
Thursday Night
Increasing cloud. 10 to 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C.
Friday
Mostly cloudy with trace amounts of snow in the afternoon. 20 to 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
Saturday
Cloudy with 20 to 60 mm of mixed precipitation. 40 to 60 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C.
Sunday
Cloudy with up to 70 mm of mixed precipitation. 40 to 70 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Be careful as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
- Use ridges or ribs to avoid areas of wind-loaded snow.
- Avalanche activity is unlikely when a thick melt-freeze crust is present on the snow surface.
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Rider triggerable wind slabs could still exist at higher elevations.
Aspects: North, North East, North West.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 1.5