Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Haines Pass, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West, Yukon.
Small isolated pockets of wind affected snow may still exist.Low hazard is not no hazard.
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
No recent avalanches have been reported. Field observations have been limited, if you're out in the backcountry please consider submitting your observations to the MIN.
Snowpack Summary
Alpine surfaces are heavily wind-affected, but 10 to 20 cm of soft snow may still be found in wind-sheltered terrain. Check this White Pass MIN for more details.
In White pass area, a spotty layer of surface hoar may sit below recent snow, buried around 20 to 30 cm deep in isolated areas. Below 1500 m, a thick melt-freeze crust is buried 50 to 100 cm deep.
Around Haines, the midpack is generally well settled and bridges the base of the snowpack which contains 20 to 30 cm of facets and depth hoar. We have not seen any reactivity on these layers.
The average snowpack depth at treeline is around 200 cm, as deep as 300 cm in Haines.
Weather Summary
Monday Night
Mainly clear. North ridgetop wind, 5 to 10 km/h. Temperature inversion with alpine temperature around -15 °C.
Tuesday
Mainly sunny. Southwest ridgetop wind, 15 to 25 km/h. Temperature inversion with alpine temperature around -13 °C.
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy with up to 5 cm new snow. South ridgetop winds, 30 to 45 km/h. Temperature inversion with alpine temperature around -13 °C, -5°C around Haines area.
Thursday
Mainly cloudy with up to 4 cm of new snow. Southwest ridgetop winds, 40 to 60 km/h. Alpine temperature -10 °C, -5 °C around Haines.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.