Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 28th, 2022 3:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
Dvonk,
Avalanche Canada
Warm temps, wind and snowfall are creating reactive windslabs in the Alpine and open TL features, identify if there is wind effect before stepping in to terrain
Summary
Confidence
Moderate -
Weather Forecast
Nice warm temps (-6) and some snowfall are helping refresh the tenure. Sunday night saw 6cm on the spray with moderate wind.Â
Tuesday should be the same, More snow (up to 10cm) and Moderate SW winds.
Something to keep in mind is the rising freezing levels to 2000m. Spray road is around 1850m.
Avalanche Summary
Forecasters out in Burstall pass today were able to get wind slabs moving in open TL features. Although not very big, The windslab problem is there and it is becoming more likely with increasing snow, wind and Warm temps.
Snowpack Summary
Continuous SW winds continue to redistribute the previous and new snow available for transport. Forecasters found a variety of windslabs in open TL features today. This sits on top of the Feb 19th interface, sun crusts on solar aspects and hard wind slabs everywhere else. This layer is perfect for a sliding layer. watch for reactivity as the load increases.
Terrain and Travel
- Avoid lee and cross-loaded slopes at and above treeline.
- Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and wind exposure.
- Wind slabs may be poorly bonded to the underlying crust.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Strong SW winds are creating extensive fresh wind slabs in Alpine and Treeline terrain. These slabs will become increasing reactive with the incoming snow and continues strong winds.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Mar 1st, 2022 3:00PM
