Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Little Yoho.
Weather Forecast
Another cold day tomorrow with moderate to strong SW wind overnight. Winds should taper through the day Thursday then pick up again Friday as the high pressure ridge starts to rebuild over area. Temperatures warmer by the weekend.
Snowpack Summary
40-50 cm of snow sits over the Dec 15 layer which consists of surface hoar, sun crust, or facets depending on location. Easy - mod shears found on this layer. Below this the snowpack is heavily faceted with remnants of older crust's still lingering throughout, but no significant shears found in the lower pack. Some isolated windslabs near ridgetop.
Avalanche Summary
A few new loose snow avalanches were observed to size 2 near the Mt. Dennis Ice Climbs. A size 2.5 observed off Mt. Stephen, likely a windslab resulting from the strong Yoho Blow outflow wind, but the fracture line was obscured.
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Loose Dry
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2