Avalanche Forecast

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Around the summits, the wind has redistributed the available snow, exposing the crust or ice and creating an overlay of hard wind slabs. In the more sheltered alpine couloirs, the February 17 crust is buried in places under 10 to 15 cm of snow. This crust is particularly present on Mount Albert. Facetted grains are slowly developing on this crust.

The best snow conditions are in areas protected from the wind, above 600 m, where the snow has been preserved from the weather events of the last few weeks (thaw and wind).

In general, the height of the snow cover varies from 70 to 90 cm in the valley to 100 to 150 cm in the middle mountains.

Forecast for the Chic-Chocs ridges and summits.

Synopsis: A weak ridge of high pressure is forming ahead of a low pressure system coming in on Thursday night, which will leave a few centimetres of snow.

Wednesday night and overnight: Clearing. Trace of snow. Winds around 20 km/h from the northwest. Min. -14.

Thursday: Cloudy. 1-2 cm of snow. Winds from the west from 15 to 25 km/h. Max. -10.

Friday: Clearing in the afternoon. 3-5 cm of snow. Winds from the northwest from 40 to 55 km/h. Max. -15.

Saturday: Alternating sun and cloud. No precipitations. Winds around 30 km/h from the northwest. Max. -12.For more details, see the Chic-Chocs alpine forecast.

• Wind slabs are most reactive during their formation.
• Be carefull around freshly wind loaded features.