Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 1st, 2023 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
llarson,
Avalanche Canada
Avoid steep, open terrain features where wind slabs may be lingering. Use ridges or ribs to descend to a lower line that avoids a wind-loaded entry point.
Summary
Confidence
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported. Wind slabs may linger directly lee of ridges and high points at alpine and treeline elevations.
Please continue to share any observations or photos on the Mountain Information Network.
Snowpack Summary
Strong to extreme winds continue to build isolated, hard wind slabs at alpine and treeline elevations. Above 2100 m these wind slabs are building over wind-affected surfaces, below this a melt-freeze crust formed in mid-January.
The mid-snowpack continues to settle and is well consolidated. Facets exist near the base of the snowpack. Total snowpack depth ranges between 100 cm to 200 cm in wind-loaded areas.
Weather Summary
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries, and trace accumulation, westerly winds 40 to 50 km/h, treeline temperatures -11 °C.
Thursday
Clear skies, no new snow, strong to extreme westerly winds of 50 to 60 km/h, and treeline temperatures of -5 °C.
FridayMostly clear, increasing clouds overnight, flurries with 2 to 5 cm of new snow starting in the evening/overnight, southwest winds 30 to 40 km/h, treeline temperatures -2 °C.
SaturdayMostly cloudy, flurries 2 to 4 cm of new snow, southwest winds 30 to 40 km/h. treeline temperatures -3 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Wind slabs may linger in steep, open, alpine, and treeline terrain features.
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, North West.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 2nd, 2023 4:00PM
