Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Northwest Inland.
Confidence
Poor - Due to limited field observations
Weather Forecast
Saturday: Light W winds, becoming strong NW. Alpine temperature near -7. Very light snow.Sunday: Strong W winds, becoming strong to extreme NW. Alpine temperature near -8. 5-15 cm snow.Monday: Light W wind. Alpine temperature near -14. Very light snow.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
New snow is landing on a medley of old surfaces including hard and soft wind slabs, scoured slopes, blue ice and thin melt-freeze crusts. Winds are likely to shift snow into slabs in the lee of terrain breaks such as ridges and ribs. Surface hoar layers buried in the upper snowpack are patchy in their distribution. Recent snowpack tests recently gave generally hard to no results near Smithers. An otherwise strong mid-pack overlies a weak base layer of facets/depth hoar. The snowpack depth is around 100 cm at treeline.
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 4
Deep Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Unlikely - Possible
Expected Size: 2 - 6