Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 8th, 2020 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs and Deep Persistent Slabs.
mmueller,
Avalanche Canada
Good skiing at treeline and below right now. The alpine looks more crossloaded and wind affected. Tread carefully at the treeline/alpine transition.
Summary
Confidence
Weather Forecast
Overnight low of -21, rising to -10 by 2pm. No new snow, maybe a few flurries, but nothing too exciting. The winds will be light from the SW down low and strong (80km/hr) from the NW at mountain top.
Avalanche Summary
One cornice fall was witnessed today around noon. It triggered a sz2 loose dry snow avalanche that traveled quite far. It didn't initiate a slab.
Snowpack Summary
5-10 new in the last 24 hours. Not much for wind affect up to 2300m. Above that light winds were blowing some snow around, but not much for new loading. Having said that, there are fresh cornices out there that appear to be delicate. Buried windslabs exist in crossloaded features at treeline. A failure between layers was noted down 50cm. The mid pack is hanging in there and feels supportive in most areas, but the very bottom of the snowpack is still weak and suspect. The rain crust is making for easy travel up to 1950-2000m.
Terrain and Travel
- Conditions may have improved, but be mindful that deep instabilities are still present.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Winds overnight will be variable so expect new slabs on almost all aspects. Buried slabs are on all easterly aspects and in many places there are multiple layers.
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South, West, North West.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Deep Persistent Slabs
Large triggers are a concern. Cornices, or other avalanches could wake this layer up.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 9th, 2020 4:00PM
