All of the Winter Restricted Areas are closed today. Avalanche control with artillery fire and Remote Avalanche Control Systems is scheduled throughout the day.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Fog patches dissipating this morning; freezing levels rising from 800m to 1600m this afternoon, and a mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries for the rest of the day. Winds should be light to moderate from the West. A dirty ridge of High-Pressure will pass over Rogers Pass on Friday, followed by showers and flurries for Saturday.
Snowpack Summary
In the alpine, Isolated persistent slabs overlie surface hoar on shaded aspects, and melt-freeze crusts on solar aspects; beneath is a well settled mid and lower snowpack. A weak melt freeze crust is capping isothermal snow on all aspects to tree line; surface crusts exist at higher elevations on solar aspects.
Avalanche Summary
Avalanche activity tapered off yesterday with the lack of solar input. Numerous loose and slab avalanches to size 2.5 have been observed in the alpine on all aspects on Monday and Tuesday; including Video, Cheops, 8812, Grizzly, Catamount, Bagheera, up the Asulkan and Ille valleys. There is a
MIN of a sz 2 slab avalanche on Mt Leda from Tuesday
Confidence