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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 30th, 2024–Jan 31st, 2024

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

Regions

Vancouver Island, East Island, North Island, South Island, West Island.

Wet avalanches are possible where the rain hasn't washed away the snowpack.

Confidence

Moderate

Avalanche Summary

Wet loose avalanches are likely continueing to occur with the high freezing levels and rain.

Snowpack Summary

In general, rain has saturated the snowpack to mountain top. It may be possible to find new snow in the highest elevation alpine terrain. Below treeline, the snowpack has melted out almost entirely, leaving it below threshold for avalanches.

 

Weather Summary

Tuesday Night

Cloudy with up to 35 mm of rain expected, southeast alpine winds 35 to 60 km/h, freezing level around 2200 m.

Wednesday

Cloudy with up to 40 mm of rain expected, southeast alpine winds 35 to 60 km/h, freezing level around 2300 m.

Thursday

Mostly cloudy with up to 15 cm of new snow in the alpine, southeast alpine winds 25 to 40 km/h, freezing level around 1800 m.

Friday

Mostly cloudy with up to 15 cm of new snow expected, southeast alpine wind 15 to 30 km/h, freezing level around 1200 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • The more the snow feels like a slurpy, the more likely loose wet avalanches will become.
  • Keep in mind that human triggering potential persists as natural avalanching tapers off.
  • Avoid terrain traps such as gullies and cliffs where the consequence of any avalanche could be serious.

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.