Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Babine, Boundary, East Stikine, Howson, Hudson Bay, Kispiox, Kitimat, Microwave-Sinclair, Nass, Ningunsaw, North Bulkley, Northwest Coastal, Northwest Inland, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, South Bulkley, Stewart, Telkwa, West Stikine.
Continue to practice safe travel habits in the mountains, including questioning high-consequence terrain.
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
Riders triggered small (size 1) wind slabs on Monday. They were mostly in alpine terrain, on all aspects, and 10 to 30 cm deep. Some of them released on the hard crust described in the Snowpack Summary.
Snowpack Summary
The snow surface is heavily wind affected in terrain exposed to the wind. Wind-sheltered terrain consists of 10 to 30 cm of settled dry snow, which overlies a thick and hard melt-freeze crust below approximately 1700 m. The crust is at the snow surface at lower elevations.
The middle of the snowpack may contain old, weak faceted layers and hard crusts, which are currently dormant.
Weather Summary
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy with 1 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.
Wednesday
Mix of sun and cloud with 1 to 3 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy with 1 to 3 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.
Friday
Mostly cloudy with 1 cm of snow. 20 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Watch for wind-loaded pockets especially around ridgecrest and in extreme terrain.
- When a thick, melt-freeze surface crust is present, avalanche activity is unlikely.