Avalanche Forecast

Good

A high in the northern part of the province will continue to push cool arctic air into the region on Saturday.  Skies are forecast to remain clear with light to moderate NW winds.  Find a sunny slope to ski on and youll be happier...

Control work on Friday on the EEOR produced 3sz 2 avalanches and 1 sz 1 avalanche.  These were all within the storm snow and widthe were 30-100m wide.  Control wonk on friday was also done in the Buller Mountain area.  In this zone we had 2 sz 2 avalanches and 1 sz 1.  All within the storm snow.Natural avalanche activity was noticeably decreased today but there is evidence of a recent avalanche cycle over the past 2 days with avalanches up to size 3.

Cold temps have tightened up the upper snowpack and we have seen some settlement of the storm snow over the past 24hrs.  Easy sheers persist down 30-60cm on the storm snow interface which is surface hoar at lower elevations (below treeline) and a combination of surface hoar and facets at treeline and above.  Avalanche control on Friday on the EEOR slide paths as well as the Buller Corner slide paths produced 4 sz 2 avalanches that ran quite far and fast with significant entrainment of the upper storm snow layers.  Propagations were not that wide, but towards the end of the day, westerly winds were increasing and we can expect storm and windslabs in the upper snowpack to become more cohesive.  We did not have any avalanches step down to the 1106CR.