Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 5th, 2022 3:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs and Persistent Slabs.
matt,
Avalanche Canada
Tomorrow looks like another good day to be out and about. Thin cloud and warmer temperatures will make for a nice day.
Summary
Confidence
Moderate -
Weather Forecast
Is it bad when -24 sounds warm? "Only" -24 overnight with a high of about -16 tomorrow. Morning cloud will gradually clear by mid afternoon. A few flurries are expected, but nothing to write home about. Winds will be light from the SW.
Avalanche Summary
A few minor loose dry "facalanches" were seen below cliffs.Â
Snowpack Summary
30cm Storm snow now sits on top of the cold snap facets. There seems to be wide spread wind slabs (roughly 5cm thick) buried anywhere between 5-25cm in the Alpine and open Treeline. This is not showing any reactivity at this time.
Terrain and Travel
- Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
- Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Fresh snow along with winds continue to build windslabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Persistent Slabs
Keep the recent avalanches in mind as you assess this layer. While not scary, or obvious at the moment, it is a problem that we will have to encounter and deal with one of these days.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Treeline, Below Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 6th, 2022 3:00PM
