Avalanche Forecast
Regions: North Shore, Powell River, Sasquatch, Sky Pilot, South Coast, Stave, Tetrahedron.
Variable hard surfaces and low danger give way to a lingering wind slab problem in the region's highest elevations.
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
No recent avalanches have been observed in the North Shore mountains.
A small (size 1) wind slab was triggered by a skier near Powell River on Wednesday (see photo). Because of the weak grains wind slabs have formed over, this type of reactivity is expected to persist.
Snowpack Summary
A surface crust exists to the top of the North Shore mountains. Higher elevations in other parts of the region have widespread wind-affected surfaces and more limited wind slab distribution over the same crust.
Conditions remain rugged at lower elevations.
Weather Summary
Saturday night
Cloudy. Southeast alpine wind 10 - 20 km/h, easing. Freezing level falling to 1700 m.
Sunday
Cloudy with flurries bringing a trace of new snow. Southeast alpine winds 10 - 15 km/h. Treeline temperature around -1 °C with freezing level falling to 1200 m.
Monday
Mainly cloudy with isolated alpine flurries, minimal rain below about 1500 m. East alpine wind 5 - 10 km/h, easing. Treeline temperature +2 °C with freezing level reaching 1700 m.
Tuesday
Cloudy with isolated flurries. Southwest alpine wind 5 - 10 km/h. Treeline temperature 0 °C with freezing levels around 1400 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Watch for wind-loaded pockets especially around ridgecrest and in extreme terrain.
- A crust on the surface will help bind the snow together, but may make for tough travel conditions.
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Northerly outflow wind has formed small wind slabs on some alpine features.
Aspects: South, South West, West.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 1.5