Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 3rd, 2014 8:00AM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
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Parks Canada
The cold weather may be the biggest hazard for those that head into the backcountry these next few days. Dress warmly and watch for frostbite.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Arctic ridge of high pressure maintaining its stranglehold over the Province for the next few days giving cold temperatures and dry conditions. A weak upper trough will increase cloudiness tonight with trace amounts of snow. Moderate winds will be from North and East directions.
Snowpack Summary
5-10cm of soft snow overlies hard snow surfaces of sun crust on steep solar aspects and wind slab at higher elevations. This new snow has seen some wind affect and has bonded poorly to the layers beneath. A new surface hoar layer is down 5cm at lower elevations. The mid pack is well settled but cold weather has begun facetting the snowpack.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed yesterday.
Confidence
Problems
Wind Slabs
Winds have redistributed some of the new snow creating a soft slab that was seen to react to rider triggering. Watch for this are on steep convex rolls with a buried sun crust. Shooting cracks from your ski tips is an indicator of this instability.
Be cautious as you transition into wind affected terrain.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 4th, 2014 8:00AM
