Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 15th, 2012 10:10AM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
jlammers,
Avalanche Canada
Summary
Confidence
Fair - Forecast snowfall amounts are uncertain on Thursday
Weather Forecast
Moderate snowfall should start late Wednesday evening and continue until Thursday afternoon. Snowfall amounts are expected to be 10-15cm. Trace amounts are expected on Friday and mostly clear skies are forecast for Saturday. Winds should be moderate from the southwest switching to light and northerly by Saturday. Freezing levels should be at about 700m for the forecast period.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
The snowpack is generally well settled and strong. Successive melt-freeze cycles have produced crusts on all aspects at lower elevations as well as on south-facing slopes higher up. Shaded aspects in the alpine are a mix of settled powder and old windslabs. Weak surface hoar crystals sit on the crusts to treeline and in sheltered areas in the alpine and is now covered by a dusting of recently fallen snow. This snow pack structure will be the big thing to watch as the overlying slab develops.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 16th, 2012 9:00AM
