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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Dec 28th, 2025–Dec 29th, 2025

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

Regions

Vancouver Island, East Island, North Island, South Island, West Island.

Heightened danger will exist on steep slopes as they warm up throughout the day.

Confidence

Moderate

  • Uncertainty is due to rapidly fluctuating freezing levels.

Avalanche Summary

No recent avalanches have been reported.

Backcountry reports are very limited. If you head out, please share photos or observations on the Mountain Information Network.

Snowpack Summary

Surfaces will begin to melt Monday as freezing levels rise and the sun appears. Until then, surface snow remains cold with soft powder in sheltered terrain and thin wind slabs in exposed areas. Over 100 cm of snow has fallen in the past two weeks, greatly improving coverage as it settles into a solid base.

Weather Summary

Sunday Night

Cloudy. 1 to 4 cm of snow. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C.

Monday

Mix of sun and clouds. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C. Freezing level climbs from 1500 to 2500 m throughout the day.

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 5 °C. Freezing level 2800 m.

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy. 5 to 15 mm of rain. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Back off slopes as the surface becomes moist or wet with rising temperatures.
  • 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.