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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Dec 31st, 2025–Jan 1st, 2026

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

Cariboos, South Columbia, Blue River, Jordan, North Monashee, North Selkirk, West Purcell, Badshot-Battle, Central Selkirk, Goat, Gold.

Seek out areas with soft snow on the surface and avoid areas with wind effect in steep terrain.

Confidence

Moderate

  • Uncertainty is due to the extreme variability of wind effect on the snowpack.

Avalanche Summary

On Tuesday,

  • A few small and large (size 1 up to 2.5) wind slab avalanches were reported in the region, on a variety of aspects in the alpine.

On Monday,

  • Numerous small (up to size 1.5) human triggered avalanches were reported on all aspects.

  • 2 large (size 2.5) natural avalanches were reported on south aspects in the alpine.

  • Explosive control in the region continues to produce large avalanches (to size 3)

Snowpack Summary

The surface snow has been redistributed into deeper deposits at higher elevations by strong winds. In the Monashees, a crust is buried 30-40 cm deep.

The prominent mid December crust is buried up to 110 cm deep and is present up to 2300 m. Several weak layers persist in the lower snowpack, but concern is limited to higher-elevation terrain where the crust above is absent. Triggering is considered unlikely, except with large loads.

Weather Summary

Wednesday Night
Mostly clear skies. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C.

Thursday
Mostly sunny. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C.

Friday
Cloudy. 5 to 10 cm of snow. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.

Saturday
Cloudy. 10 to 25 cm of snow. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Seek out sheltered terrain where new snow hasn't been affected by wind.
  • Be careful with wind-loaded pockets, especially near ridge crests and rollovers.

Problems

Wind Slabs

Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.