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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Feb 14th, 2020–Feb 15th, 2020

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

Regions

Glacier.

Significant new input of snow in the last 24hrs. Watch for sensitive storm slab formation.

Weather Forecast

Periods of snow today with 5cm forecast. Ridge winds moderate westerly with an alpine high temp of -10C. Another 10-15cm of snow are forecast through to Saturday afternoon accompanied by moderate SW winds.

Snowpack Summary

30cm of storm snow overnight at our 1900m station with light to mod S-W winds. Expect new storm slab formation over previous wind effected snow as you transition into wind exposed terrain. Solar input Wednesday may have been sufficient to have form sun crust on steep solar aspects.

Avalanche Summary

A few avalanche detections overnight in the west end of the park on the Gunners slide paths. No new avalanches reported from the backcountry.

Confidence

Problems

Storm Slabs

Storm Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer (a slab) of new snow that breaks within new snow or on the old snow surface. Storm-slabs typically last between a few hours and few days (following snowfall). Storm-slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.

Loose Dry

Loose Dry avalanches are the release of dry unconsolidated snow and typically occur within layers of soft snow near the surface of the snowpack. These avalanches start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-dry avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs.