Avalanche Forecast

Frequent large and very large, accidental and remotely triggered avalanches continue to occur across the region. Some have been triggered from low-angle or flat terrain onto adjacent or overhead slopes.

We expect the potential for riders to trigger avalanches will remain elevated over the following days.

30 to 70 cm of recent storm snow combined with southerly wind has formed reactive slabs across the region.

At lower elevations, the upper snowpack may be moist or crusty.

Several persistent weak layers are buried between 70 and 150 cm deep. These weak layers include hard crusts with overlying weak facets and surface hoar. Avalanches continue to fail on these layers.

Sunday Night

Cloudy, with 3 to 7 cm of snow expected. 35 to 55 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures dropping to -6 °C.

Monday

Mostly cloudy, with 0 to 2 cm of snow expected. 50 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures around - 1 °C. Freezing level rising to 1100 m

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, with 2 to 5 cm of snow expected. 40 to 50 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures around 0 °C. Freezing level rising to 1300 m

Wednesday

Cloudy, with 5 to 10 cm of new snow expected. 50 to 80 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperatures around 1 °C. Freezing level rising to 1600 m

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Remote triggering is a big concern, be aware of the potential for wide propagations and large, destructive avalanches at all elevations.
• Storm slabs in motion may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.
• Caution required around non obvious avalanche terrain like road cutbanks, cutblocks and other non obvious avalanche terrain
• Be especially cautious as you transition into wind affected terrain.