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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 28th, 2026–Jan 29th, 2026

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

Regions

Nass, Seven Sisters, Kispiox, Ningunsaw.

How much snow is on the crust and has it formed a slab? Let your answers to these questions guide your terrain selection and expect conditions to become a bit more reactive with daytime warming.

Confidence

Moderate

  • We are uncertain due to a limited number of field observations.

Avalanche Summary

A skier triggered a 10 to 35 cm-deep size 1.5 windslab on a steep, NE-facing feature in the Babines on Monday, the first indication of an expected uptick in avalanche conditions with ongoing snowfall and wind. The coastal region has produced a few reports of small wind slabs and loose dry avalanches from steep terrain

Observations remain limited, so be sure to post your observations to the MIN if you get out!

Snowpack Summary

About another 5 cm of new snow should accumulate by Thursday morning, bringing new snow totals to a wind-redistributed 20 cm, roughly. The new snow has buried heavily wind-affected and crusty surfaces almost everywhere.

In shelter below 1000 - 1400 m there is large surface hoar on the old surface that will promote reactivity once there's enough snow for a slab. Warming and loose wet avalanche conditions may help flush out the problem at these lower elevations.

The mid and lower snowpack is well settled with no current layers of concern. Treeline snow depths throughout the region range from 150 cm to 250 cm.

Weather Summary

Wednesday Night
Cloudy with flurries bringing about 5 cm of new snow. 40 to 50 km/h south ridgetop wind, easing. Treeline temperature -2 °C. Freezing level 1100 m.

Thursday
Cloudy with continuing flurries bringing about 5 cm of new snow, light afternoon rain below about 1200 m. 30 to 40 km/h south ridgetop wind, easing. Treeline temperature -1 °C to 0 °C as freezing level climbs to 1400 m.

Friday
Cloudy with flurries continuing from overnight bringing about 10 cm of new snow above 1400 m, light rain below. 70 - 80 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 1400 to 1500 m.

Saturday
Becoming partly cloudy after overnight flurries finish with 1 to 2 cm of new snow. 20 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind, increasing. Treeline temperature -3 °C. Freezing level 800 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Be careful with wind-loaded pockets, especially near ridge crests and rollovers.
  • Make observations and continually assess conditions as you travel.
  • Approach steep and open slopes at and below treeline cautiously, as buried surface hoar may exist.
  • A moist or wet snow surface, pinwheeling, and natural avalanches are all indicators of a weakening snowpack.

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.

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.