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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Mar 20th, 2025–Mar 21st, 2025

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

Chic-Choc Mountains.

Use caution if venturing into avalanche terrain on Friday. Avoid slopes where the snow has softened to a depth of more than 10 cm.

Confidence

High

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed or reported.

If you are out in the backcountry, please share your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).

Snowpack Summary

The snow is moist on the surface, at all altitudes and on all aspects. There will be no nighttime refreezing on Thursday night. A generalized melt-freeze crust should form late on Friday.

A melt-freeze crust formed on March 7 is present between 5 and 40 cm below the surface. The middle of the snowpack is moist.

In the alpine and at treeline, there is little snow on all slopes except those to the east and south-east. At mid-mountain, snowpack thickness varies between 70 and 160 cm.

Weather Summary

WEATHER FOR THE CRESTS AND SUMMITS OF CHIC-CHOCS

Cloudy skies with intermittent drizzle for Friday.

Thursday evening and night: Mostly cloudy. Southerly wind, 40 to 60 km/h. Low +3. No nighttime refreezing. Freezing level at 2,800 m.

Friday: Intermittent drizzle. Accumulation of 5 to 7 mm of rain. Light southerly winds becoming light northerly. Temperatures cooling to below freezing by afternoon. Freezing level at 2500 m.

Saturday: Sunny. Wind southwest, 10 to 30 km/h. High +4. Freezing level at 1,000 m.

Sunday: Intermittent snow. Accumulation of 5 cm. Wind northwest, 30 to 50 km/h. Maximum -13. Freezing level at valley bottom.

For more details, see the Chic-Chocs alpine weather forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Be careful with sluffing in steep terrain, especially above cliffs and terrain traps.
  • The first few hours of rain will likely be the most dangerous period.

Problems

Loose Wet

Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.