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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Mar 7th, 2022–Mar 8th, 2022

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

Glacier.

Watch for small pockets of wind slab that could have potentially formed in the alpine from the moderate Northerly winds as the cold front pushes into the region.

Good snow quality found on sheltered polar aspects.

Weather Forecast

Tuesday will be mainly sunny with periods of cloud, have an alpine high of -15 and 15-30 km/hr North East winds as a cold front pushes into our region. Cold and clear for a few days with temps gradually warming and the possibility of snow by the end of the week into the weekend.

Snowpack Summary

A surface crust exists up to ~1500m on all aspects and higher on solar aspects. Soft, dry snow snow can be found in sheltered areas on Northerly terrain features. 40cm of settling snow sits on top of the Feb 26th interface of small surface hoar in sheltered areas and a crust on steep solar aspects.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches reported or observed on Sunday.

A size 2.5 natural cornice failure triggered a decent sized slab above the Little Sifton Traverse exit on Saturday.

Several skier accidental avalanches in the size 1.5 range last Thursday and Friday, which likely involved the Feb 26th interface.

Confidence

Problems

Persistent Slabs

Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) in the middle to upper snowpack, when the bond to an underlying persistent weak layer breaks. Persistent layers include: surface hoar, depth hoar, near-surface facets, or faceted snow. Persistent weak layers can continue to produce avalanches for days, weeks or even months, making them especially dangerous and tricky. As additional snow and wind events build a thicker slab on top of the persistent weak layer, this avalanche problem may develop into a Deep Persistent Slab.