Akamina

Avoid steep, open terrain features where wind slabs may be lingering. Use ridges or ribs to descend to a lower line that avoids a wind-loaded entry point.

Strong to extreme winds continue to build isolated, hard wind slabs at alpine and treeline elevations. Above 2100 m these wind slabs are building over wind-affected surfaces, below this a melt-freeze crust formed in mid-January.

The mid-snowpack continues to settle and is well consolidated. Facets exist near the base of the snowpack. Total snowpack depth ranges between 100 cm to 200 cm in wind-loaded areas.

No new avalanches have been reported. Wind slabs may linger directly lee of ridges and high points at alpine and treeline elevations.

Please continue to share any observations or photos on the Mountain Information Network.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries, and trace accumulation, westerly winds 40 to 50 km/h, treeline temperatures -11 °C.

Thursday

Clear skies, no new snow, strong to extreme westerly winds of 50 to 60 km/h, and treeline temperatures of -5 °C.

Mostly clear, increasing clouds overnight, flurries with 2 to 5 cm of new snow starting in the evening/overnight, southwest winds 30 to 40 km/h, treeline temperatures -2 °C.

Mostly cloudy, flurries 2 to 4 cm of new snow, southwest winds 30 to 40 km/h. treeline temperatures -3 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.