Avalanche Forecast

Good

Monday: A mostly sunny day, with moderate northerly winds and temperatures reaching -5. Tuesday & Wednesday: Expect clouds to build, with light snow developing late Tuesday and tapering into Wednesday afternoon. Winds should turn southerly but remain light with temperatures reaching -5 in the afternoons.

We have reports of isolated explosive triggered avalanches up to size 2.5 in the Duffey area and natural releases up to size 2.0 throughout the entire region. Rider triggering to size 1.5 persists.

Recent storm snow totals in the Duffey Lakes is 15-25cm while in the Coquihalla summit area it's 30-40cm. In both areas, this overlies a previous 40cm. This most recent interface is yielding easy results and the new storm snow is reactive to rider traffic. The southerly winds have lee loaded open treeline and alpine terrain that faces north through east. The mid February interface (down roughly 60cm) includes crusts at lower elevations, surface hoar in protected areas and hard windslabs in the alpine. Below this the lower snowpack is well bonded and strong.