Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 25th, 2022 3:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
Mikey,
Avalanche Canada
Lots of wind slabs in the alpine and at tree line. The best snow can be found in sheltered areas in the trees.
Summary
Confidence
High -
Weather Forecast
Still no snow on the horizon but it is still important to dream....
Wednesday: Mix of sun and cloud. No snow. High of -10c. Moderate NW winds
Thursday: Sunny with cloudy periods. No snow. High of -4c and a Low of -10c. Moderate West winds.
Avalanche Summary
No avalanches were observed today.
Snowpack Summary
Extensive wind slabs, hard wind slabs, buried wind slabs, and sastrugi(wavy ridges of snow formed by the wind) dominate the alpine and open areas of tree line. These hard wind slabs can be tricky to evaluate because they have the potential to propagate but gives someone the impression underfoot that the base is solid. Take the time to dig and evaluate before committing to larger slopes.
The forecasters dug a profile at 2100m today just SE of Hero's Knob to investigate the December rain crust. It was found to be breaking down and did not produce any test results on it. For the time being, this layer is not on our radar but will surely show up again later on in the season.
Terrain and Travel
- Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.
- Be careful with wind slabs, especially in steep, unsupported and/or convex terrain features.
Problems
Wind Slabs
The buried wind slab will be hard to trigger but if you are able to get it to go from a thin area, it could produce a large avalanche. Thin wind slabs are also being found along ridgelines.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 26th, 2022 3:00PM
