Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Sea To Sky.
Confidence
High - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
SUNDAY: Mix of sun and cloud / light west wind / alpine temperature 2 C / freezing level 2000 mMONDAY: Mix of sun and cloud / light east wind / alpine temperature 1 C / freezing level 1900 mTUESDAY: Cloudy with sunny periods / light east wind / alpine temperature 2 C / freezing level 2000 m
Avalanche Summary
On Thursday there were reports of several skier triggered size 1.5 wind slab avalanches in the alpine.
Snowpack Summary
Recently formed wind slabs in the alpine are bonding well to the underlying layers, but there might still be isolated pockets along ridge crests which can be triggered by humans (see the MIN report of our field team here). On higher north aspects above 2000 m new snow from early last week is gradually bonding with the dry, faceted [weak and sugary] snow underneath. In most other places surface snow is moist. Below 1800 m the entire snowpack is either moist or wet underneath a supportive melt/freeze crust.
Avalanche Problems
Loose Wet
Aspects: East, South East, South, South West, West.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Unlikely - Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 1.5