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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 29th, 2024–Jan 30th, 2024

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

South Coast, Powell River, North Shore, Tetrahedron.

Rain has heavily saturated the snowpack at all elevations. Snow continues to melt at an alarming rate at lower elevations.

Confidence

High

Avalanche Summary

Observations from alpine terrain in this forecast region have been limited. We suspect that natural wet avalanches have been occurring at all elevations.

Snowpack Summary

The snowpack is becoming fully saturated with water, as rain continues to fall. Below treeline the snowpack is disappearing.

Weather Summary

Monday Night

Cloudy with 10 to 30 mm of rain, south alpine winds 60 to 90 km/h, freezing level 2400 m.

Tuesday

Cloudy with 0 to 3 mm of rain, southeast alpine winds 20 to 40 km/h, freezing level 2400 m.

Wednesday

Cloudy with 30 to 60 mm of rain, southeast alpine winds 40 to 60 km/h, freezing level 2400 m.

Thursday

Cloudy with 5 to 10 mm of rain, southeast alpine winds 30 to 50 km/h, freezing level 1800 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • A moist or wet snow surface, pinwheeling and natural avalanches are all indicators of a weakening snowpack.
  • The more the snow feels like a slurpy, the more likely loose wet avalanches will become.

Problems

Loose Wet

Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.