Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Apr 4th, 2019 3:57PM

The alpine rating is low, the treeline rating is low, and the below treeline rating is low.

kdevine, Avalanche Canada

With a mix of weather in the forecast, keep an eye out for changing conditions. Prolonged periods of sunshine, and rising temperatures will increase the likelihood of loose wet avalanches on sun-exposed slopes, especially in areas with fresh snow.

Summary

Confidence

Moderate -

Weather Forecast

THURSDAY NIGHT - Mainly cloudy / south winds, 15-30 km/h / alpine low temperature near -4FRIDAY - Cloudy with sunny periods and isolated flurries, 5 cm / southeast winds, 10-25 km/h / alpine high temperature near -1 / freezing level 1900 mSATURDAY -Â Cloudy with isolated flurries / southwest winds, 10-30 km/h / alpine high temperature near -3 / freezing level 1700 mSUNDAY -Â Cloudy with flurries, 5-10 cm / southwest winds, 30-50 km/h / alpine high temperature near -4 / freezing level 1800 m

Avalanche Summary

There has been three cornice failures observed in the region since Monday (one per day).Â One triggered a large avalanche that scrubbed down to the base of the snowpack, one triggered a thin slab avalanche and one did not trigger a slab.

Snowpack Summary

Up to 10 cm of new snow in the alpine sits on a melt-freeze crust on all aspects except for north slopes above 1800 m, where it sits on 10 to 30 cm of dry snow and isolated wind slabs. Snow is disappearing rapidly at lower elevations.

Valid until: Apr 5th, 2019 2:00PM