Avalanche Forecast

A fairly mild week with temperatures rising to 0c in the alpine on Thursday.

Wednesday: High of -4c with flurries in the morning and a mix of sun and cloud for the afternoon. Winds will be 50-60km/hr from the SW. Expect the freezing level to rise to 2000m.

1. One size 2 slab avalanche was reported near Mt. Buller on Monday. The depth was about 40cm deep. This was a skier involvement

2. One size 2 cornice triggered slab avalanche east of Burstall parking lot that occurred some time during Monday night's storm.

3. Two size 2 slab avalanches on Tent Repeater Ridge, east facing near 2400m. 

During this past weekend:

-One size 2 slab avalanche near Burstall Pass with a skier involvement.

-Two skier involvements in Kootenay National Park.

This last storm dropped 15cm of snow along with strong winds. The alpine and tree line have widespread wind slabs overlying a previous generation of wind slab. There have been several avalanches on either this recent wind slab or the wind slab that is buried about 30-50cm down. One cornice triggered avalanche also caused a surface slab to release. With these warming temperatures and recent loading, cornice failures are on our radar.

Expect to see some moist snow on steeper solar aspects that will be a crust in the morning hours.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
• Avoid lee and cross-loaded terrain.
• Pay attention to isolated alpine features as well as cross-loaded features at treeline.