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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Apr 27th, 2019–Apr 28th, 2019

Alpine
Below Threshold.
Treeline
Below Threshold.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.
Alpine
Below Threshold.
Treeline
Below Threshold.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.
Alpine
Below Threshold.
Treeline
Below Threshold.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.

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Glacier.

The danger will increase during the day especially during breaks in the cloud. Be wary of overhead cornices.

Weather Forecast

Mostly overcast this morning with flurries, clearing this evening. Expect the sun to be very strong during any breaks in the cloud. Freezing level remaining around 1400m today before falling below valley bottom tonight with strong NE winds. Clearing Sunday with freezing level rising to 1800m.

Snowpack Summary

Up to 10cm new snow fell last night and now sits on a melt freeze crust at treeline and below as well as solar aspects in the alpine. Isothermal snow lives below these surface crusts. Total storm snow this week now over 60cm in the high Alpine, N-NE aspects will have retained the driest snow.

Avalanche Summary

Several loose wet avalanches to size 2 were observed from both N and S aspects yesterday. A very large size 4 was observed at the south end of the park, starting as a size 2 storm slab and stepping down to glacial ice. Last Saturday, skiers triggered a size 2.5 slide on the Youngs Peak headwall.

Confidence

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.

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.