Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 16th, 2021 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is
ahanna,
Avalanche Canada
New snow may slide easily on the hard crust. Loose snow avalanches may start small but can gain mass and push you around. If you get knocked off your feet, you'll slide easily on the crust too.
Summary
Confidence
Weather Forecast
Saturday night: Snow, 10-15 cm, light westerly ridgetop wind, freezing level 1100 m.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, moderate northwest ridgetop wind, freezing level 1000 m.
Monday: Sunny, light northerly ridgetop wind, freezing level 2000 m.
Tuesday: Sunny, moderate westerly ridgetop wind, freezing level 2300 m dropping to 700 m.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches. Glide cracks were observed to be opening up during the wet storm earlier in the week.
Snowpack Summary
Around 10 cm of new snow falls on a thick block of icy rain crust which may be bridging a weaker layer of dry, sugary faceted snow. Affecting this weak snow through the thick crust would be difficult and avalanches on it are unlikely but not impossible in unsupported terrain. Below, the snowpack is a multi tiered sandwich of crusts and moist snow and is well consolidated.
Watch North Shore Rescue's weekly snowpack conditions update from Friday here.
Terrain and Travel
- Closely monitor how the new snow is bonding to the crust.
- Keep in mind the crust offers an excellent bed surface for avalanches.
- Loose avalanches may start small but they can grow and push you into dangerous terrain.
Valid until: Jan 17th, 2021 4:00PM
