Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Apr 3rd, 2019 4:17PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is
kdevine,
Avalanche Canada
Summary
Confidence
Moderate -
Weather Forecast
WEDNESDAY NIGHT - Cloudy with isolated flurries / southwest winds, 10-25 km/h / alpine low temperature near -4THURSDAY - Cloudy with sunny periods and isolated flurries / southwest winds, 10-15 km/h / alpine high temperature near -1 / freezing level 2000 mFRIDAY -Â Cloudy with isolated flurries / southeast winds, 10-15 km/h / alpine high temperature near 0 / freezing level 2000 mSATURDAY -Â Cloudy with flurries, 5-10 cm / southwest winds, 20-40 km/h / alpine high temperature near -2 / freezing level 1700 m
Avalanche Summary
On Tuesday, there were two reports of natural slab avalanches, size 2-2.5. The size 2 was a west aspect on a steep moraine feature at 2100 m. The size 2.5 was on a northeast aspect at 2300 m and was triggered by an ice fall on a glacier. A few storm slab avalanches were triggered by explosives on Monday, on north aspects around 2500 m. They were 50 cm deep.
Snowpack Summary
A few centimeters of new snow sits on a melt-freeze crust on all aspects except for north slopes above 2000 m, where it sits on dry snow and isolated wind slabs. Below approximately 1700 m, the recent precipitation likely fell as rain. The base of the snowpack is composed of sugary faceted snow. The likelihood of triggering an avalanche on this layer is lower during colder periods and elevated during intense warming.Snow is disappearing rapidly at lower elevations.
Valid until: Apr 4th, 2019 2:00PM
