Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Jan 7th, 2016 8:00AM

The alpine rating is low, the treeline rating is low, and the below treeline rating is low. Known problems include Loose Dry.

Parks Canada andrew jones, Parks Canada

Use regular caution in steep, wind affected avalanche terrain and leave plenty of time to get back to the car before dark.

Summary

Weather Forecast

Cloudy with flurries today amounting to 2cm of new snow. Freezing levels to remain in valley bottom with light to calm mountain top winds. A building high pressure ridge will bring in a dry spell through the weekend with sunny breaks.

Snowpack Summary

Scattered flurries from the past 2 days have covered a variety of old surfaces. This included surface hoar from 1700m to ridgetop, thin variable slab in wind-exposed alpine areas, and thin sun crusts on steep solar aspects. Lower elevation and wind-protected areas have 10-15cm of low density faceted snow on a well settled base.

Avalanche Summary

Skier triggered sluffing in steep terrain. No new avalanches were observed yesterday.

Confidence

Problems

Loose Dry

An icon showing Loose Dry
Loose sluffs can be expected in steep terrain. Gullies can focus the force of moving snow, causing these innocent-looking masses to pack a punch.
Be cautious of sluffing in steep terrain.

Aspects: All aspects.

Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.

Likelihood

Unlikely - Possible

Expected Size

1 - 2

Valid until: Jan 8th, 2016 8:00AM