Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 5th, 2018 5:02PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Wind Slabs.
mgrist,
Avalanche Canada
Summary
Confidence
Moderate - Due to the number of field observations
Weather Forecast
Cloudy with isolated flurries and limited accumulation throughout the forecast period. SATURDAY: Cloudy with flurries / Moderate southwest wind / Alpine temperature -5 SUNDAY: Cloudy with isolated flurries / Light to moderate west wind / Alpine temperature -6 MONDAY: Cloudy with isolated flurries (5cm possible) / Light southeast wind / Alpine temperature -6
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported in the past few days. See here for conditions in a recent MIN report from Mt Harvey in the Babines.
Snowpack Summary
Only 3-5 cm of wet heavy snow fell on Thursday. This new snow sits on a wide variety of surfaces which had been affected by warming temperatures and variable winds. The degree of wind effect varies throughout the region. Sheltered areas may still have 10-30 cm of powder from previous storms. A variable weak layer that formed in mid-December can be found roughly 20 cm below the surface. This mid-December layer is comprised of crusts on solar aspects and feathery surface hoar in sheltered locations.The lower snowpack is generally well settled with two prominent crusts. The late-November crust can be found 30-50 cm below the surface and the October crust is near the base of the snowpack.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 6th, 2018 2:00PM
