Avalanche Forecast

Low

Reports are very limited at the moment but the storm slab is sensitive to human triggering and natural avalanches are possible.

Several large (size 2-2.5) storm slab avalanches occurred in the Lizard range near Fernie on Thursday.

Around 35 cm of recent storm snow sits on top of another 30-40 cm from last weekend, which in some areas has a layer of surface hoar crystals underneath.
The bottom of the snowpack is moist snow, and in some areas has transformed into a crust from early November that is just above the ground. The crust has acted as a bed surface for recent avalanches.
Snowpack depth is 110-180 cm at treeline.

Friday Night

Cloudy with 10 to 20 cm of snow. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.

Saturday

Mostly cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.

Mix of sun and cloud with 5 to 10 cm of snow. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

Mix of sun and cloud with 5 to 10 cm of snow. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Don't let storm day fever lure you into consequential terrain.
• As the storm slab problem worsens, the easy solution is to choose more conservative terrain.
• Storm slabs in motion may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.