Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 16th, 2012 9:19AM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
jlammers,
Avalanche Canada
Summary
Confidence
Fair - Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather is uncertain on Friday
Weather Forecast
Friday: 8-12cm of snow arriving late in the day and continuing overnight / moderate to strong southwest winds / freezing level at 1200m Saturday: Light snowfall / light and variable winds / freezing level at 1100m Sunday: Trace amounts of snow / moderate southwesterly winds / freezing level at 800m
Avalanche Summary
Isolated very soft slabs to size 1 were reported in the Whistler area on Thursday.
Snowpack Summary
In general the snowpack is now well bonded. Recent light snowfall has buried an assortment of old snow surfaces including crusts, old wind slabs and surface facets. This light snowfall has been redistributed by moderate alpine winds and has formed small wind slabs on lee features. The underlying crusts have formed on all aspects at lower elevations and on steep solar aspects higher up. Surface facets have grown particularly on northern aspects where colder temperatures have persisted and facets may also exist in combination with crusts. The average treeline snowpack depth at is around 240cm.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 17th, 2012 9:00AM
