Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 17th, 2022 3:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
Dvonk,
Avalanche Canada
A little bit of a climatic change should help improve the ski quality a little bit. New snow will hide the heavily wind affected landscape. New windslabs will form on old hard and wind blown surfaces and the bond will remain a question mark for a few days.
Summary
Confidence
Moderate -
Weather Forecast
Cold air will move in to our region tomorrow mid day and in to Wednesday, Dropping down to -20.Â
10-15cm snow is expected over the next 2 days.Â
The winds will finally die down to reasonable values, for the first time in 10 days!
Avalanche Summary
No field trips today and no avalanches reported.
Snowpack Summary
With an additional bit of snow, This should help improve the ski quality a bit. However Wind slabs (both buried and on the surface) are widespread through the region, and are found in virtually all open terrain. If you look really, really hard there is good skiing in very sheltered terrain at lower elevations. The Dec 2 crust ,we have decided to remove it from the "Avalanche Problems" list.......at least for now.
Terrain and Travel
- Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
- Be aware of the potential for large avalanches due to the presence of a persistent slab.
- Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Buried and surface wind slabs are found virtually everywhere. Convex or unsupported terrain are areas of concern.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 18th, 2022 3:00PM
