Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Freezing levels are uncertain

The weather pattern will shift to a milder and wetter southwest flow starting on Thursday. Clouds increase and light to moderate precipitation should begin by Thursday afternoon. Another pulse of precipitation is expected Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. Temperatures and freezing levels vary significantly from south to north. They could rise to 2000 m south of Whistler by Friday afternoon, and should hover near 1000 m north of Whistler. Ridge top winds are moderate to strong from the Southwest.

No new avalanches reported in the past few days.

Surface hoar and near surface facets are reported to be growing during the cold and clear weather. Strong Northeast outflow winds have created 10-40 cm deep wind slabs since Friday, and recent strong and variable winds have since loaded and reverse loaded the light dry snow that came at the end of the storm. Below this new snow is a solid weight bearing crust in all but the highest alpine slopes. There is a chance that a consolidated slab exists in some areas in the alpine above a deeply buried crust from earlier in November.