Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 31st, 2014 4:05PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Deep Persistent Slabs and Storm Slabs.
stephen holeczi,
Avalanche Canada
Decent skiing can be found in sheltered locations. Due to the variability in the snowpack, we are still treating larger alpine features with caution. SH
Summary
Weather Forecast
Light to mod. N winds in the alpine for Saturday with lows around -25C and highs in the -15C range. No snow in the forecast except for a trace on Sunday.
Snowpack Summary
5-15cm of snow has buried the Jan 30th surface hoar / sun crust layer. This new snow came in with very little wind, but there have been some soft storm slabs building in the immediate lees of S through SE ridgetops. The basal facets remain weak, but the overall snowpack is gaining strength.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed in the past several days.
Confidence
Problems
Deep Persistent Slabs
Watch for thin snowpack areas in steeper terrain where triggering the basal depth hoar/crust is possible.
- Be aware of the potential for full depth avalanches due to deeply buried weak layers.
- Be aware of thin areas that may propogate to deeper instabilites.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Storm Slabs
These are confined to the immediate lees of ridgetops and will be fairly thin.
Aspects: North, North East, East.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 1st, 2014 4:00PM
