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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 26th, 2025–Jan 27th, 2025

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.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Spearhead, Tantalus, Sky Pilot.

It's spring skiing out there folks!

Keep an eye on surface conditions, as the snow becomes wet and heavy - avalanches are more likely.

Confidence

Moderate

Avalanche Summary

Loose wet avalanches were reported on Saturday from steep sun affected slopes. Recent cornice failures were also expected. We expect this activity to continue while temperatures remain warm, with strong sunshine.

If you are headed into the backcountry please consider submitting a MIN report.

Snowpack Summary

Strong sunshine and warm temperatures are expected to break down the surface crust - or moisten surface snow at low elevations, and on steep sun affected slopes into the alpine. Snow on north facing alpine slopes will likely remain dry.

The mid and lower snowpack are generally well-settled. There is uncertainty over whether buried weak layers could react to the warming, and produce large avalanches, including the layer of surface hoar, crust and facets from early December buried 80-150 cm deep. Currently its considered unlikely.

Weather Summary

Sunday Night

Clear skies. 10 to 20 km/h northeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature cool to around -3 °C.

Monday

Sunny. 5 to 10 km/h north ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 4 °C. Freezing level 3400 m.

Tuesday

Sunny. 20 to 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 3 °C. Freezing level 3200 m.

Wednesday

Sunny. 40 to 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level starts at 2000 m and drops over the day.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Rocks will heat up with daytime warming and may become trigger points for loose wet avalanches.
  • Use caution above cliffs and terrain traps where even small avalanches may have severe consequences.
  • Travel early on sun-exposed slopes before cornices weaken with daytime warming.

Problems

Loose Wet

Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.