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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 9th, 2024–Jan 10th, 2024

Alpine
Natural and human triggered avalanches likely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Alpine
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Alpine
Natural avalanches possible, human triggered probable.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.

Regions

Lizard-Flathead, Akamina, Flathead, Lizard.

The ongoing snowfall and wind will maintain elevated avalanche hazards.

Confidence

High

Avalanche Summary

Numerous storm slab avalanches at all elevations have been reported since the weekend. Up to size 2 and both naturally and explosive triggered,

If you go out in the backcountry, please consider sharing your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).

Snowpack Summary

Approximately 30 to 50 cm of recent snow has buried a variety of old crusts, surface hoar, or old wind-affected surfaces.

The mid and lower snowpack is generally well settled with a series of variable crusts and facetted snow.

The snow depth at treeline is 50 to 150 cm.

Weather Summary

Tuesday Night

Cloudy with 5 to 15 cm of snow, southwest alpine winds 20 to 40 km/h, treeline temperature -9 °C.

Wednesday

Cloudy with 5 to 15 cm of snow, east alpine winds 10 to 20 km/h, treeline temperature -17 °C.

Thursday

Mostly cloudy with up to 5 cm of snow, northeast alpine winds 20 to 40 km/h, treeline temperature -25 °C.

Friday

Sunny with no precipitation, northeast alpine winds 10 to 20 km/h, treeline temperature -32 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Dial back your terrain choices if you are seeing more than 30 cm of new snow.
  • Travel in alpine terrain is not recommended.
  • Continue to make conservative terrain choices while the storm snow settles and stabilizes.
  • Use appropriate sluff management techniques.

Problems

Storm Slabs

Storm Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer (a slab) of new snow that breaks within new snow or on the old snow surface. Storm-slabs typically last between a few hours and few days (following snowfall). Storm-slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.