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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Feb 5th, 2026–Feb 6th, 2026

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

Regions

Rossland, South Okanagan, Shuswap, North Okanagan.

Avalanche danger may increase during the day with warm temperatures and sunny skies. Conditions could change quickly, so back off slopes and use extra caution by the afternoon.

Confidence

Moderate

  • We are uncertain about how the timing or intensity of solar radiation will affect the snowpack.

Avalanche Summary

Warm temperatures promoted wet loose sluffing and pinwheeling on steep slopes up to size 1.

Natural and human-triggered wet avalanches are possible on Friday, especially on steep south-facing slopes.

On January 30-31, numerous natural, human-triggered, and explosive-triggered avalanches were reported throughout the region. All occurring on the mid-January buried surface hoar/facet/crust layer.

Snowpack Summary

A thin melt-freeze surface crust may exist to mountain top but will soften with warming during the day. Below this, 15 to 20 cm of moist snow sits over a surface hoar/ crust layer, which was buried in late January. The buried surface hoar is largest in sheltered treeline and below treeline terrain.

The mid and lower snowpack is well settled.

Weather Summary

Thursday Night
Clear skies. 20 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 6 °C. Freezing level 3400 m.

Friday
Sunny. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 4 °C. Freezing level 2900 m.

Saturday
Mix of sun and clouds. 4 to 5 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C. Freezing level 1900 m.

Sunday
Mostly cloudy. 1 to 5 cm of snow. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C. Freezing level 1600 m.


More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • The more the snowpack warms up and weakens, the more conservative your terrain selection should be.
  • Keep in mind a buried crust offers an excellent bed surface for avalanches.
  • Loose avalanches may start small, but they can grow and push you into dangerous terrain.

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.