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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Feb 22nd, 2026–Feb 23rd, 2026

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

Regions

South Coast Inland, Birkenhead, Duffey, South Chilcotin, Stein, Taseko.

New snow and wind will be forming reactive new storm slabs throughout the day.
Set a conservative route plan, avoiding overhead hazard and sticking to mellow slopes.

Confidence

Moderate

  • We are uncertain about forecast precipitation amounts.

Avalanche Summary

Saturday

  • One size 1.5 naturally triggered wind slab, and some dry loose sluffing were observed.

Friday

  • Reports of natural and skier-triggered size 1 wind slabs primarily in alpine cross-loaded terrain. Additionally, some cornices failed without triggering slabs on the slopes below.

Thursday

  • Natural, human and remote-triggered size 1 to 1.5 wind slabs were reported, running on recently faceted surface snow in the Hurley.

Snowpack Summary

Around 10 to 30 cm of new snow is expected in the region by Monday afternoon. This will add to the 5 to 10 cm that fell on Sunday.

Forecast strong southerly ridgetop winds are expected to build thicker and more reactive slabs on lee slopes.

In some sheltered features, a layer of surface hoar may be found buried 5 to 10 cm below the new snow.

20 to 50 cm is currently sitting over the early February crust that is thin and breakable on northerly aspects to 2300 m and thick on southerly aspects.

A widespread crust and facet layer from late January is buried around 30 to 80 cm deep.

The mid and lower snowpack is generally well settled and strong.

Weather Summary

Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy. 5 to 15 cm of snow. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.

Monday
Mostly cloudy. 2 to 10 cm of snow. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

Tuesday
Mostly sunny. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.

Wednesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 0 to 3 cm of snow. 60 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Watch for fresh storm slabs building throughout the day.
  • As the storm slab problem worsens, the easy solution is to choose more conservative terrain.
  • Be alert to conditions that change with elevation, aspect, and exposure to wind.
  • Start on smaller terrain features and gather information before committing to bigger terrain.

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.