Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Dec 9th, 2015 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs and Storm Slabs.
aaron beardmore,
Avalanche Canada
Storm snow amounts are creeping up. Be mindful that surface hoar exists in specific areas at and below treeline. Be inquisitive and look for this layer.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Intermittent flurries are expected for the next few days. Accumulations will be low, amounting to 10cm ish by Friday. Another storm is possible on Saturday but the outlook is quite uncertain.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 30cm of storm snow now overlies the Dec 3rd interface of surface hoar, suncrust and surface facets. The Surface hoar up to 20mm exists up to 1800m in the Emerald Lake area. Above 1800m, due S to SW facing terrain a suncrust exists and other aspects are soft facets or wind hammered snow.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches were observed or reported.
Confidence
Problems
Wind Slabs
Strong wind today and new snow has started to create new wind slabs in lee areas in the alpine. These wind-slabs are expected to be touchy.
Aspects: North, North East, East.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Storm Slabs
The storm snow has reached critical threshold (~30cm) on top of the Dec 3 surface. The trick is, it is located in sporadic locations across the forecast region. Be increasingly suspicious of steep open glades on shaded aspects at treeline and below.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Dec 10th, 2015 4:00PM
