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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Apr 15th, 2025–Apr 16th, 2025

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

South Okanagan, Shuswap, North Okanagan.

There is very limited field data in this region.

Wet loose avalanches occur on steep solar slopes with daytime warming and small pockets of wind slab could be in the alpine if dry snow exists.

Confidence

Moderate

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches have been reported recently, but reports are extremely limited.

Snowpack Summary

Surface conditions vary from a crust or moist snow low down and on south-facing slopes, hard-wind-affected snow in exposed areas, and the potential for pockets of dry powder in high north-facing terrain.

The mid and lower snowpack are strong and well-bonded.

Weather Summary

Tuesday night

A mix of sun and cloud. Isolated light precipitation, less than 1 mm. 20 to 50 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature drops to -5 °C. Freezing level 1300 m.

Wednesday

Partly cloudy with isolated light precipitation. 20 to 40 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature rises to -2 °C. Freezing level 1500 m.

Thursday

A mix of sun and cloud. 20 to 40 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature rises to 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

Friday

A mix of sun and cloud. 15 to 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature rises to 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Make observations and continually assess conditions as you travel.
  • Avalanche activity is unlikely when a thick melt-freeze crust is present on the snow surface.
  • Back off slopes as the surface becomes moist or wet with rising temperatures.

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.