Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Corner Brook, Gros Morne, Long Range Mountains, Northern Peninsula.
Keep an eye on the wind
Blowing snow could form new, small wind slabs throughout the day.
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported since last weekend.
Snowpack Summary
The top 20 cm of the snowpack is soft and unconsolidated. The exception may be in Gros Morne, where a thin rain crust with surface hoar above could be present on the surface. Â This overlies a simple and generally right-side-up snowpack.
Soft snow may be redistributed into deeper and stiffer deposits on southerly aspects as winds pick up early in the morning on Saturday.
Check out this Mountain Information Network report from our field team.
Weather Summary
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy with 0 to 2 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h northeast ridgetop wind shifting to 20 to 35 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -11 °C.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy with 0 to 2 cm of snow. 20 to 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -10 °C.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with 2 to 4 cm of snow. 20 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -10 °C.
Monday
Mix of sun and cloud. 15 to 25 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -12 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Pay attention to the wind; once it starts to blow, sensitive wind slabs are likely to form.
- Wind slabs are most reactive during their formation.
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Moderate winds may redistribute soft snow into small wind slabs throughout the day.
Aspects: East, South East, South, South West.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 1.5