Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Due to variable weather conditions

Friday: mix of sun and cloud and very light flurries / moderate northwest winds / freezing level at 600m Saturday: increasing cloud in the afternoon with snowfall developing later in the day / winds increasing to strong and southwest by the end of the day / freezing level at 700m Sunday: moderate snowfall / moderate southwest winds / freezing level climbing to 1100m

A size 2.5 natural was observed on an alpine feature in the Duffey Lake area on Wednesday. In the Coquihalla area, widespread windslab avalanches to size 3 were reported on Thursday

On wednesday night another 25-30cm of snow fell with moderate southwest winds adding to the 50cm of snow that fell with strong southwest winds earlier in the week. Add all of this to the 25-40cms that fell over last weekend that now sits on top of the previous cold, low density snow from the last week and you've got a great recipe for deep storm and wind slab development. In general, snowfall amounts have been greatest in the Coquihalla area over the past week with total snowpack depths at treeline amounting to 390cm. In the Duffey Lake area, treeline depths are closer to 220cm.Persistent weak layers lower down in the snowpack have generally ceased to be of concern, except perhaps in very isolated, thin rocky areas.