Avalanche Forecast

Moderate - Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain on Tuesday

Unsettled weather until the next system arrives on Wednesday. Freezing levels will increase slowly & steadily.TUESDAY: Cloudy with light flurries (3-6cm possible in the morning) / Light south west wind / Alpine temperature -5 / Freezing level 800m.WEDNESDAY: Snow (5-10cm) / Moderate south west wind / Alpine temperature -4 / Freezing level rising to 1200m in the afternoon THURSDAY: Wet snow (20-30cm) or rain at lower elevations / Light to moderate south-west wind / Alpine temperature -2 / Freezing level 1700m

A few wet loose natural avalanches to size 1 were reported on sunny aspects on the weekend.On Friday a size 1.5 slab avalanche was reported on the south face of the First (aka Pump) Peak on Mt Seymour, which is a heavily traveled slope. See here for a great photo.

At tree line and below, we're into a spring cycle with a good re-freeze overnight (supportive crust) followed by daytime warmings to +6 and wet surface snow. New snow amounts over the past several days (10 cm or less) have been absorbed into the spring snowpack cycle. Alpine areas around Squamish likely received about 60-100 cm of storm snow a week ago, with wind early last week. In these areas the more recent snow is possibly sitting on a mixture of weak grains including a crust on solar aspects and potentially facets/surface hoar on polar aspects. Below the storm snow the snowpack is generally well settled and strong.