Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 15th, 2023 2:30PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
jfmichaud,
Avalanche Canada
Only the early birds can hope to make a few turns before the sleet comes and ruins everything.
Summary
Confidence
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche activity has been observed or reported.
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Snowpack Summary
A significant temperature inversion and precipitation is forecasted for Monday. Even if our mountains should remain below zero, the atmosphere where the precipitation will develop will be above zero. The precipitation will therefore fall as rain and freeze on contact with the mountains, creating a nice layer of ice at all altitudes.
Before the sleet fall on your head, you will be able to find in the mountains, in places sheltered from the wind, 20 to 40 cm of pleasant powder to ski. The best skiing will definitely be in the forest... very early Monday morning!The alpine and treeline were greatly affected by the moderate to strong northeast winds of the last few days. On Sunday, there were isolated pockets of soft wind slabs, but mostly very hard slabs, compressed by the wind. The areas exposed to the wind are rock or icy crust. In general, the thickness of the snow cover varies from 50 to 100 cm depending on the sector and the altitude. Freezing level at 350m.
Weather Summary
Forecast for the Chic-Chocs ridges and summits.
Synopsis: A major low-pressure system brings a lot of sadness to the Chic-Chocs. Sleet, ice and rain on the menu for the next few days. Sunday evening and night: Becoming cloudy. Wind northeast, 40 to 60 km/h. Low -12. Monday: Sleet becoming freezing rain. Wind northeast, 40 to 60 km/h. High -1. Freezing level at 500 m. Temperature inversion. Tuesday: Light freezing rain. Wind southeast, 20 to 30 km/h. Maximum 0. Freezing level at 500 m. Temperature inversion. Wednesday: Cloudy. Wind northwest, 10 to 30 km/h. Maximum -1. Freezing level at 350 m.
For more details, check out the Chic-Chocs alpine weather forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Be careful with wind slabs, especially in steep, unsupported and/or convex terrain features.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Isolated wind slabs have developed with moderate to strong northeast winds over the last few days They are found at the top of W-SW-S slopes in the alpine and in cross loaded areas at treeline.
Aspects: South, South West, West.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 16th, 2023 3:00PM
