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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Mar 30th, 2019–Mar 31st, 2019

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

Regions

Cariboos.

Dry snow can be found in shaded alpine terrain. Be aware of changing conditions as slopes heat up throughout the day.

Confidence

Moderate - Timing or intensity of solar radiation is uncertain

Weather Forecast

SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy, light wind, alpine temperatures drop to -5 C.SUNDAY: A mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries and trace of new snow at higher elevations, light northwest wind, freezing level to 1900 m.MONDAY: A mix of sun and cloud, light north wind, freezing level to 1800 m.TUESDAY: Sunny, light wind, freezing level to 1800 m.

Avalanche Summary

No recent avalanches have been reported. Several loose wet and storm slab avalanches were reported earlier in the week following Tuesday's storm.

Snowpack Summary

Most slopes have entered a daily melt-freeze cycle, with the exception of north-facing slopes above 1800 m. On these colder slopes, you may find 10-30 cm of powder or isolated wind slabs. These same slopes may also have a layer of faceted grains buried 30 to 60 cm below the surface, but this layer that has shown signs of strengthening over the past week. Elsewhere, the surface has been melting each day and then freezing into a hard crust overnight. Snow is disappearing rapidly at lower elevations.

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.