Avalanche Forecast

No new avalanches have been observed or reported in the region. Observations are limited at this time of year, if you head into the backcountry consider submitting a MIN report.

Weekend snowfall accumulation ranged from 10-15 cm near the Duffy and upwards of 35 cm around the Coquihalla and south. While the snowfall totals vary around the region, southwest wind has impacted fresh snow equally. This snow mostly covered a crust at upper elevations and moist snow and dirt at treeline and below.

Where the snowpack is growing, a weak drought layer is down 20-50 cm. This layer consists of hard, wind-affected snow in the alpine, surface hoar or facetted snow in sheltered areas, and a crust on solar aspects and low elevations. Below this layer, several other facet-crust interfaces exist in the snowpack.

Terrain features poke through a building snowpack that ranges from 50-100 cm in the alpine and 40-60 cm at treeline. Most solar slopes and below treeline are below the threshold for avalanches.

Sunday night

Cloudy with isolated flurries, trace accumulation and clearing overnight. Light to moderate north wind, treeline low temperatures -20 C, and freezing level valley bottom.

Monday

Sunny and cold with patchy clouds. Light north wind, treeline high temperatures -12 C.

Cold with a mix of sun and cloud and isolated flurries. Light northeast wind, treeline temperature -16 C.

Incoming precipitation and wind, 10-20 mm, strong southwest wind, treeline temperatures rising to -8 C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.
• Seek out sheltered terrain where new snow hasn't been wind-affected.
• Approach lee and cross-loaded slopes with caution.