Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Mar 18th, 2014 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Persistent Slabs and Storm Slabs.
aaron beardmore,
Avalanche Canada
Touchy conditions persist. Be vigilant when making terrain and snowpack decisions and consider the potential consequences until things improve, and this could be quite a few days.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Up to 14mm of precip is expected to fall over the forecast region between Wednesday night and Friday. Freezing levels will remain well below surface and the wind will ease off to light at 3000m on Friday. This moderate weather input will not affect the danger rating to a large degree.
Snowpack Summary
15cm of new snow overnight which seems to be bonding well with the previous surfaces. The Feb.10th facet layer is down 80-120cm and is still showing easy to moderate test results in thinner snowpack areas, and harder results in deeper snowpack areas. Areas with buried sun crust are especially touchy.
Avalanche Summary
No avalanches were observed or reported today.
Confidence
Problems
Persistent Slabs
We are seeing less activity with this problem as the days go by. It is still touchy and what is left is a low likelihood but high consequence situation if it is triggered.
- Avoid areas with overhead hazard.
- Use conservative route selection, choose moderate angled and supported terrain with low consequence.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Storm Slabs
The storms slabs will continue to settle. However, as they settle, they will become more cohesive and the likelihood of triggering will be the same for a few days yet.
- If triggered the storm slabs may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Mar 19th, 2014 4:00PM
