Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Freezing levels are uncertain

Tuesday: Mainly sunny with some cloudy periods. Light westerly winds. Freezing level 1600m.Wednesday: Mainly sunny with some cloudy periods. Light north winds. Freezing level 1500m.Thursday: Mainly cloudy. Freezing level 2200m. winds southwest light.

Recent avalanche activity has been reported as loose dry and moist avalanches running to size 1.5 in steep terrain. In addition a few natural and explosives triggered avalanches to size to 2 on SE and NW aspects at and above tree-line on Sunday.

Up to 35cm of recent new snow sits on top of a melt-freeze crust formed on March 25 on all aspects except steep north at tree-line and above. There is now 60 - 90cm of new snow on top of the March 10th crust. This crust is widespread to 2000m across the region, perhaps even higher on solar aspects. There are reports of the crust being as thick as 15cm in the south of the region, however there seems to be variability in how thick and supportive it is. As you head north in the region where the mountains are higher (temperatures were colder when the crust was forming) this crust is less likely to exist. If you are heading to the north of the region make sure you check out the South Columbia bulletin also.A facet/crust persistent weakness buried at the beginning of February, now down 70 - 200cm, has been highly variable in terms of reactivity. In areas where the strong and supportive crust exists, triggering this layer has become unlikely. That said, any avalanches triggered on this deep persistent layer would be large and destructive.