Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
High pressure ridge still dominates over our region. Clear skies and dry conditions to persist until Thursday when a weak system approaches the Interior delivering cloud and light snow into Friday.
Snowpack Summary
5-15cm of light snow, wind effected in open areas, overtop the Feb 14 crust above 1700m. Crust was observed to be ~10cm thick to 2200m. The Jan 30 crust layer is down ~1-1.25m which formed a crust to 2200m. Jan 15 surface hoar layer is down ~1-1.5m. The mid and lower snowpack is well settled. Nov 9 basal crust layer still present in the alpine.
Avalanche Summary
2 solar induced avalanches yesterday to size 2.5 within the highway corridor. From Feb 14, 2 impressive deep slab avalanches, one a size 3.5, running on glacier ice from the slope between Clark peak and Mt Swanzy, North aspect visible from Loop Brook, and in the Asulkan Valley, East aspect, size 3.0 from Mt Pollux running on the ground/Nov 9 crust.
Confidence
Due to the number and quality of field observations
Avalanche Problems
Loose Wet
Aspects: North, North East, East.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 2
Cornices
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Unlikely
Expected Size: 3 - 4