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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Dec 30th, 2025–Dec 31st, 2025

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

Regions

Vancouver Island, East Island, North Island, South Island, West Island.

The snowpack is generally strong, but double check how well surface snow is bonded before entering steep terrain.

Confidence

High

  • The snowpack structure is mostly straightforward and not unusually variable.

Avalanche Summary

With continued warm temperatures and rain, small and isolated wet loose avalanches are possible in steep terrain.

Snowpack Summary

Most surfaces will continue to settle and melt with warm temperatures and light rain.

Coverage has greatly improved, with over 100 cm of snow in the past two weeks now settling into a solid base.

Weather Summary

Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. 1 mm of rain at treeline. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 4 °C. Freezing level 2600 m.

Wednesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 1 to 5 mm of rain at treeline. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 4 °C. Freezing level 2500 m.

Thursday
Mix of sun and clouds. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 3 °C. Freezing level 2400 m.

Friday
Mostly cloudy. 3 to 5 mm of rain at treeline. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C. Freezing level 1800 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Carefully evaluate big and steep terrain features before committing to them.
  • Loose avalanches may start small, but they can grow and push you into dangerous terrain.

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.