Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 23rd, 2020 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs and Deep Persistent Slabs.
mmueller,
Avalanche Canada
Consistent weather is slowly improving our snowpack, but big terrain and paths that haven't avalanched are still worth some thought before jumping in.
Summary
Confidence
No Rating -
Weather Forecast
Flurries throughout the weekend with a slightly stronger pulse on Sunday. Tomorrow's high will be -3. 20-30km/hr winds with gusts up to 50 at treeline.
Avalanche Summary
Nothing new today.
Snowpack Summary
Yesterday saw another 10cm of snow on the Spray Road. Today, winds at all elevations blew this snow around to form drifts and windslabs. Ski tests didn't show an obvious weak bond, but in steep areas that would have stiffer slabs underneath, the bond could be poor. The Dec 11th layer is down 50cm, and so far unreactive. Having said that, surface hoar is notorious for "waking up" and becoming a problem. The deep layers are still there. The alpine, thin snowpack areas are the probable places to have it become a problem.
Terrain and Travel
- This avalanche problem is difficult to trigger but if so, consequences are serious.
Problems
Wind Slabs
When aren't windslabs a problem? Never. We have 'em in spades, yet in the last few days we haven't seen much activity among them. Watch roll overs at treeline & alpine as the slabs will be thicker there and under tension.
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South, North West.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Deep Persistent Slabs
These are still on the radar. It's worth digging or probing to inspect it. Large triggers are also worth considering, if the bottom layer is disturbed it will be a very big avalanche.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 24th, 2020 4:00PM
