Avalanche Forecast

Overnight and Saturday: Expect some periods of clear or broken skies overnight which should result in a good overnight re-freeze as the freezing levels drop to 1000 metres. A mix of broken skies and periods of light to moderate precipitation during the day with freezing levels rising up to 1500 metres. Light Northwest winds overnight becoming strong Southwest winds in the afternoon and evening.Sunday: Moderate to strong Southwest winds combined with light precipitation. Mostly cloudy with freezing levels dropping to 1000 metres overnight and rising up to 1500 metres during the day.Monday: Expect another good re-freeze above 1000 metres. Moderate Westerly winds and light precipitation.

Expect new wind slabs and thin storm slabs to develop above recent melt-freeze crusts. These slabs may be easily triggered due to the hard sliding layer of the melt-freeze crust. Daily melt-freeze cycles may be weakening cornices, and they may fall off naturally or be easily triggered. Rain at lower elevations may cause new snow to weaken rapidly and slide out of steep terrain, sometimes gathering mass in constrained terrain features.

The spring snow-pack is comprised of many layers of melt-freeze crusts, thin new snow layers, and stiff wind slabs in the alpine. The snow-pack may be very different depending on elevation, with moist or wet snow in the valleys and near winter conditions in the alpine. The weather can change rapidly at this time of year, and this may result in different types of avalanche problems. Danger is most likely to increase if there is a substantial new snow storm with wind, or if the temperatures increase rapidly with or without sunshine. Our plan is to place a link in the headline that explains general risk scenarios associated with the forecast weather. We will not issue danger ratings for this region due to the lack of data as a result of professional operators closing for the season.