Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 28th, 2022 3:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
mkoppang,
Avalanche Canada
Not much is changing out there right now. Easy travel but not the best turns at this time. Be thinking about wide propagations from the hard windslabs from thin areas.
Summary
Confidence
Weather Forecast
Saturday looks to be a splitter day with temps at -6C for a daytime high, clear skies, and moderate SW winds.
No new snow.... but hey, there is always next week!
Avalanche Summary
1 sz 1.5 slab was observed on the northern part of the goat range failing just above treeline. This was on a N aspect in 40deg terrain.
Snowpack Summary
Extensive wind slabs, hard wind slabs, buried wind slabs, and sastrugi(wavy ridges of snow formed by the wind) dominate the alpine and open areas of tree line. These hard wind slabs can be tricky to evaluate because they have the potential to propagate but gives someone the impression underfoot that the base is solid. Take the time to dig and evaluate before committing to larger slopes.
Terrain and Travel
- Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.
- Be careful with wind slabs, especially in steep, unsupported and/or convex terrain features.
Problems
Wind Slabs
The buried wind slab will be hard to trigger but if you are able to get it to go from a thin area, it could produce a large avalanche. Thin wind slabs are also being found along ridgelines.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 29th, 2022 3:00PM
