Avalanche Forecast

Moderate

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Forecasted temperatures, above 0C at higher elevations, means a pause in the spring diurnal cycle and increasingly wet snow on the surface. Polar slopes, which have been less impacted by the sun in the last few days, could offer more of the coarse salt condition that we are looking for in the spring, while polar slopes should slowly move towards soaked, sticky, slow moving snow. (Mashed potato snow). At and below treeline, thawing has been rapid on all slopes. The snowpack is saturated with water and the snow conditions are rather sticky and slow. With no overnight recovery, the snowpack will become progressively more fragile, wetter and cohesive. Melting is fast, and the snowpack varies from 50 cm (valley) to 130 cm (mid-mountain).

Forecast for the Chic-Chocs ridges and summits.

Synopsis: The Chic-Chocs will be under the influence of a quasi-stationary low over the Great Lakes for the next few days, bringing mild temperatures and rain.

Sunday evening and night: Increasing clouds. No precipitation. Light winds from the south quadrants. Min. +1C. Freezing level rising to 3000m. Temperature inversion.

Monday: Mostly cloudy. A few millimetres of rain in late pm. Winds from 30-40 km/h from the south. Max +4 C. Freezing level rising to 3200 m.

Tuesday: Up to 10 mm of rain. Strong south winds at 50 km/h. Max. +2 C.

Wednesday: Rain with possibility of snow. Winds from 30 to 40 km/h from the southwest. Max. 0C.

For more details, see the Chic-Chocs alpine forecast.

• Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and sun exposure.
• The more the snow feels like a slurpy, the more likely loose wet avalanches will become.
• Cornices become weak with daytime heating or solar exposure.