Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 28th, 2023 2:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is
jfmichaud,
Avalanche Canada
Remember that even when the rating is low, you should not let your guard down too much.
With all the traffic on the mountain, it is more important than ever to travel safely and not to expose others to danger.
Summary
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche has been observed or reported recently.
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Snowpack Summary
Around the summits, the wind has redistributed the available snow, exposing various crusts or ice and creating an overlay of hard wind slabs. In the more sheltered alpine couloirs, the February 17 crust is buried in places under 10 to 15 cm of snow. This crust is particularly present on Mount Albert. Facetted grains are slowly developing on this crust.
The best snow conditions are in areas protected from the wind, above 600 m, where the snow has been preserved from the weather events of the last few weeks (thaw and wind).
In general, the height of the snow cover varies from 70 to 90 cm in the valley to 100 to 150 cm in the middle mountains.
Weather Summary
Forecast for the Chic-Chocs ridges and summits.
Synopsis: Light low pressure passing over the Chic-Chocs on Wednesday morning. Tuesday evening and night: Cloudy, light snow, 1 to 2 cm. Winds south 30 to 40 km/h. Low -17Wednesday: Light intermittent snow, 1 to 2 cm. Wind south 20 to 40 km/h. High -11.Thursday: Light snow at the end of the day, 3 to 5 cm. Wind southwest 10 to 20 km/h. High -3 Friday: Clearing in the afternoon. Wind northwest 30 to 50 km/h. High -10. For more details, see the Chic-Chocs alpine forecast.
Valid until: Mar 1st, 2023 3:00PM
