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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 20th, 2026–Jan 21st, 2026

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

Regions

Kispiox, Ningunsaw.

A weak layer remains in the snowpack.

Avoid thin snowpack areas.

Confidence

Moderate

  • Uncertainty is due to the limited number of field observations.

Avalanche Summary

January 19

  • No new avalanches reported but observations are limited. Consider posting to the MIN if you are out in the mountains!

January 18

  • Large (up to size 2.5) explosive controlled avalanches were reported on southwest aspects in the alpine and treeline, failing on buried surface hoar.

January 16

  • A large (size 2) natural cornice triggered avalanche was reported on a northwest aspect.

Snowpack Summary

The upper 80 to 150 cm of snow has been altered by previous strong southerly winds at upper elevations and has settled from warm temperatures at all elevations.

In sheltered ares at lower elevations this snow is possibly resting on surface hoar.

Expect a crust on or near the surface in almost all terrain from the prolonged heat, rain and inversion. Sheltered north facing terrain may still have soft snow in places.

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

Tuesday Night
Mostly clear skies. 10 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C with an above freezing layer between 1600 m and 2600 m.

Wednesday
Sunny. 10 km/h northeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.


Thursday
Sunny. 10 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

Friday
Sunny. 10 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • The more the snowpack warms up and weakens, the more conservative your terrain selection should be.
  • Avoid steep, sun-exposed slopes when the air temperature is warm or when solar radiation is strong.
  • Keep in mind that human triggering may persist as natural avalanches taper off.

Problems

Persistent Slabs

Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) in the middle to upper snowpack, when the bond to an underlying persistent weak layer breaks. Persistent layers include: surface hoar, depth hoar, near-surface facets, or faceted snow. Persistent weak layers can continue to produce avalanches for days, weeks or even months, making them especially dangerous and tricky. As additional snow and wind events build a thicker slab on top of the persistent weak layer, this avalanche problem may develop into a Deep Persistent Slab.