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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Nov 17th, 2025–Nov 18th, 2025

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

Regions

Glacier.

Watch out for lingering windslabs at ridgetop in the Alpine.

With the rain and warm temps at lower elevations expect the valley bottom ski-outs to be pretty grim.

Confidence

Low

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed over the last few days.

Late last week an avalanche cycle triggered by wind and rain peaked on Thursday night. Several avalanches up to size 3.0 were observed in the highway corridor, some running well into the bare ground on lower elevation fans.

Snowpack Summary

Recent warm temperatures have turned the top of the snowpack moist up to approximately 2500m. As temps drop expect this moist snow to freeze into a crust.

Last week's storm brought approximately 45cm of new snow to the Alpine. Below 2200m this precip fell as rain and saturated the snowpack. The storm also brought strong-extreme Southwest winds which redistributed snow in the Alpine.

There may be a lingering layer of buried surface hoar buried 50-80cms down in the alpine.

Weather Summary

Freezing levels should come down abit over the next few days but no real snowfall is in the forecast.

Tonight: Cloudy with flurries, Alpine temperature: Low -1°C , Wind: South 15km/hr, Freezing Level: 2200m

Tues: Flurries. Temp: High -1 °C. FZL 2000m. Light West wind.

Weds: Cloudy with sunny periods. Alpine Low -7°C & High -3°C. FZL 1500m. Wind: SW 20km/hr.

Thurs: Mix of sun and cloud. Snow: Nil . FZL 1600m.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Carefully evaluate steep lines for wind slabs.

Problems

Wind Slabs

Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.