Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Nov 30th, 2015 4:00PM

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

Grant Statham, Parks Canada

Today was great day in the mountains with low danger and great snow quality - hard to believe it's still November! Check out the surface of the snowpack; it is presently forming what will undoubtedly become a significant weak layer once buried.

Summary

Weather Forecast

Another nice day forecast for Tuesday, although the ridge of high pressure starts to break down on Tuesday. Expect a clear morning, with clouds moving in during the afternoon and temps cooling over the next 24-hours. It looks like the big inversion that has dominated the past week will also start to break down. No snow in the forecast for Tuesday.

Snowpack Summary

Surface hoar, suncrust and surface facets are all forming during this clear period. Surface hoar up to 20mm exists up to 1800m in the Sunshine area. Above 1800m, south facing terrain is baked into suncrust from the recent sun and warm temps aloft. All other aspects are soft facets. Snowpack depth is 80-100cm, with no significant weak layers.

Avalanche Summary

No significant avalanches were observed or reported, although a flight past Mt. Wilson on Monday afternoon revealed lots of small wet sluffs in the rocks on the upper half of the mountain.

Confidence

Due to the number and quality of field observations

Valid until: Dec 1st, 2015 4:00PM