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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 10th, 2016–Jan 11th, 2016

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

Regions

Little Yoho.

Finally, a storm is on the horizon! Although precipitation amounts look to be minimal, increasing winds will raise the danger on Tues and Wed. Enjoy the "Green Brick" while it lasts!

Weather Forecast

A system is moving in and Monday will see clear skies with alpine winds increasing to moderate from the W/NW. Tuesday through Thursday we should see some light precipitation with moderate W winds and temperatures in the -5 to -15 range.

Check our weather stations for current conditions.

Snowpack Summary

There is about one meter of settled snow at treeline. 5-10 cm's of low density snow sits over the Jan 6th interface of surface hoar, facets and sun crust (on steep S and SW aspects). Below 2000m the Dec 3 layer of surface hoar and facets remains visible down 30- 60 cm but is currently dormant. Thin areas are faceting out and weakening.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed or reported today

Confidence

Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain on Tuesday

Problems

Loose Dry

Loose Dry avalanches are the release of dry unconsolidated snow and typically occur within layers of soft snow near the surface of the snowpack. These avalanches start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-dry avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs.