Avalanche Forecast
Regions: East Island, North Island, South Island, Vancouver Island, West Island.
Continuously assess conditions as you move through the mountains
Small pockets of wind slab may still remain on high north facing terrain
Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported in the past 4 days at the time of publishing.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 5cm of snow could accumulate throughout the day on Friday. This new snow will fall on A crust except on high north facing terrain, where 5 to 20 cm of dense snow overlies a crust from earlier in March.
The mid and lower snowpack is strong and dense.
Weather Summary
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy. 10 to 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C.
Friday
Cloudy with 0 to 5 mm of mixed precipitation. 20 to 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Freezing level rising to 1400 m.
Saturday
Cloudy with 10 to 60 mm of mixed precipitation. 30 to 50 km/h south ridgetop wind. Freezing level around 1600 m.
Sunday
Cloudy with 20 to 60 mm of mixed precipitation. 15 to 35 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Be careful as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
- Use ridges or ribs to avoid areas of wind-loaded snow.
- Avalanche activity is unlikely when a thick melt-freeze crust is present on the snow surface.