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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Feb 3rd, 2026–Feb 4th, 2026

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

Regions

North Columbia, Clearwater, McBride, Premier, Quesnel, Clemina.

Warming, solar radiation and a buried weak layer are driving the avalanche danger to HIGH.
Check out our latest video conditions update here.

Confidence

Moderate

  • We are uncertain due to the timing or intensity of warming will affect the snowpack.
  • We are uncertain due to how buried persistent weak layers will react with the forecast weather.

Avalanche Summary

Natural avalanche activity will spike with rain and warming to mountain top on Wednesday.

On Monday, several remotely triggered slabs (from 50 m away) were triggered up to size 2. They ran on the late January surface hoar/facet/crust interface, which shows this layer remains reactive.

Snowpack Summary

Freezing levels rising to the mountain top will likely turn snow surfaces moist at upper elevations and wet below. Below this, 45 cm of dry, settling snow sits above a persistent weak crust/ surface hoar and facet layer. This layer continues to be reactive.

The mid and lower snowpack is well settled.

Weather Summary

Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy. 3 to 5 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 70 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

Wednesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 70 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 3 °C. Freezing level 2900 m.

Thursday
Mix of sun and clouds. 1 mm of rain at treeline. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 3 °C. Freezing level 2500 m.

Friday
Mostly sunny. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C. Freezing level 2700 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Avoid exposure to overhead avalanche terrain; avalanches may run surprisingly far.
  • The more the snowpack warms up and weakens, the more conservative your terrain selection should be.
  • Be aware of the potential for remote triggering and large avalanches due to buried surface hoar.
  • A moist or wet snow surface, pinwheeling, and natural avalanches are all indicators of a weakening snowpack.
  • Avoid travelling on slopes below cornices.

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.

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.