Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Apr 24th, 2021 8:00AM

The alpine rating is below threshold, the treeline rating is below threshold, and the below treeline rating is below threshold.

Mike Smallwood,

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Expect a heavy emphasis on the freeze part of melt-freeze today. If the forecast cloud cover materializes crusts may not break down

Summary

Weather Forecast

Saturday: cloudy with sunny periods and isolated flurries as a warm front moves across southern BC. Trace snow, high -1, freezing level 2000m, light wind

Saturday night: 4cm snow, freezing level 1100m

Sunday: 5cm snow, high -3, freezing level 1100m, light ridge wind gusting to NE 25

Monday: Nil precip, high -3, light ridge wind gusting to NE 25

Snowpack Summary

Daily fluctuations in the upper snowpack will be reduced over the next few days with cool temps and some cloud cover. The snowpack has undergone numerous melt-freeze cycles on all but high (>2400m) N aspects, where one can find loose, dry snow. Several crusts exist in the upper snowpack. Check out this link for more info on spring conditions.

Avalanche Summary

A natural size 2.0 glide slab released on Thursday night in Mounds and a large (size 3) glide slab released from an E aspect in Cougar creek Wednesday

A couple of wet slab avalanches were observed from S aspects in the highway corridor Wednesday

A natural size 3 slab was triggered by a cornice failure at the top of the Ross Pk path Tuesday

Confidence

Valid until: Apr 25th, 2021 8:00AM