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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Feb 21st, 2026–Feb 22nd, 2026

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

Carefully assess exposed terrain for wind slab before committing.

Recent variable wind has formed wind slabs on all aspects and lower down on slopes than usual.

Confidence

Moderate

  • We are uncertain due to the variability of wind effect on the snowpack.

Avalanche Summary

On Friday, there were reports of natural and skier-triggered size 1 wind slab avalanches, primarily in alpine cross-loaded terrain. Additionally, there were reports of some cornice failures with no additional avalanche triggered on the slope below.

On Thursday, there were reports of natural, skier-triggered, and remote-triggered size 1 to 1.5 wind slab avalanches running on the recently faceted surface snow in the Hurley.

Snowpack Summary

Recent outflow winds have highly impacted the snow surface in exposed terrain. Exposed terrain is either scoured, lee loaded, or cross loaded. In some sheltered features a layer of surface hoar can be found down 5 to 10 cm.

20 to 40 cm sits 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 30 to 80 cm deep.

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

Weather Summary

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy. 2 to 4 cm of snow. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

Sunday
Mostly cloudy. 5 to 15 cm of snow. 50 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.

Monday
Mostly cloudy. 10 to 15 cm of snow. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.

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

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
  • Be alert to conditions that change with elevation, aspect, and exposure to wind.
  • Strong wind is building wind slabs farther downslope than usual.
  • Pay attention to cornices and give them a wide berth when traveling on or below ridges.

Problems

Wind Slabs

Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind 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.