Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Due to variable snowpack conditions

Thursday: Trace amounts of new snow / Light to moderate west winds / Freezing level at 1400mFriday: A mix of sun and cloud / Moderate southwest winds / Freezing level at 1900mSaturday: Light snowfall / Light southwest winds / Freezing level at 1500m

No new avalanches have been reported from the region. I would expect some new snow avalanche activity in the wake of Wednesday's snowfall and moderate winds.

Recent warm weather has left crusty surfaces, particularly on solar aspects, which are now buried by generally light amounts of new snow in the Duffey Lake area and over 20cm on the Coquihalla. These recent accumulations have no doubt been redistributed into wind slabs at higher elevations.A slightly deeper buried crust from around Feb 3th lies approximately 20-40 cm below  the surface. This interface was the focus of recent avalanche activity during the last storm. Activity has since tapered off on this layer; however, snowpack tests still give sudden results, indicating that with the right trigger in specific places (most likely steep convex slopes where there is a buried crust) triggering an avalanche on this layer may still be possible. Down approximately 50-70 cm sits another persistent interface comprising of crusts, facets and surface hoar crystals. This layer is now mostly unreactive, with only one size 2 avalanche reported (on Feb 6th) since the end of January. If it were to be triggered again, the most likely spot would be a steep convex roll on a sheltered north aspect slope around treeline.  The mid and lower snowpack pack layers are generally well settled.