Regions
Kootenay Boundary.
The avalanche danger is currently trending with the appearance of the sun and afternoon warming. The danger is rated for the warmest part of the day.
Confidence
High - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
TUESDAY Night: Mainly cloudy / light west wind / alpine temperature -3 C / freezing level 1000 m WEDNESDAY: Mix of sun and cloud / light east wind / alpine temperature -2 C / freezing level 1800 mTHURSDAY: Mix of sun and cloud / light east wind / alpine temperature -4 C / freezing level 1600 mFRIDAY: Mix of sun and cloud / light northeast wind / alpine temperature -2 C / freezing level 1800 m
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche activity to report from Sunday or Monday.
Snowpack Summary
The current snow surface is quite variable. On higher north aspects above 2000 m you may find some dry snow. Some of this has been redistributed by southwesterly winds which may have formed isolated thin wind slabs. Expect to see a supportive crust on or near the surface if there is a good overnight freeze.There are two crusts of note in the upper snowpack. The first crust is down 20 to 30 cm and loose wet avalanches have recently slid on this interface. The deeper one down 60 to 95 cm has produced easy shears in test profiles. Avalanches on this interface are unlikely, but possible.
Problems
Loose Wet
Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.