Avalanche Forecast
Regions: East Island, North Island, South Island, Vancouver Island, West Island.
Widespread surface crusts make for potentially challenging travel, but relatively safe avalanche conditions currently. This will change as new snow arrives Tuesday night continuing onto Wednesday.
Confidence
Moderate
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche activity has been reported.
If you are out in the backcountry please consider filling out a Mountain Information Network report.
Snowpack Summary
On the surface, a supportive melt-freeze crust exists on most aspects and elevations, on northerly, sheltered terrain the crust is reported to be breaking down. The crust ranges from roughly 1 to 10 cm. Below the surface crust, the snowpack is moist and generally well settled and bonding, with no current layers of concern.
Weather Summary
Monday night
Cloudy with clearing periods, no precipitation. Moderate northwest alpine winds. Treeline temperatures 0 to -5 C.
Tuesday
Cloudy, with flurries, 0 to 2 cm. Moderate southwest alpine winds. Treeline temperatures 0 to -5 C. Freezing levels 700 m.
Wednesday
Cloudy with snow, 10 to 20 cm (highest amounts on the west of the island). Strong southwest alpine winds. Treeline temperatures around 0 C. Freezing levels 1300 m.
Thursday
Cloudy with snow, 5 to 15 cm (highest amounts on the west of the island). Strong south alpine winds. Treeline temperatures around 0 C. Freezing levels 1300 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.