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Avalanche Forecast

Jan 30th, 2015–Jan 31st, 2015
Alpine
1: Low
The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be low
Treeline
1: Low
The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low
Below Treeline
1: Low
The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low
Alpine
2: Moderate
The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be moderate
Treeline
1: Low
The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low
Below Treeline
1: Low
The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low
Alpine
2: Moderate
The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be moderate
Treeline
1: Low
The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low
Below Treeline
1: Low
The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low

Regions: South Coast.

Thin spots in steep high alpine terrain, especially in the north of the region are the places to watch right now. See the Forecast Details page for more insight.

Confidence

Good - The weather pattern is stable

Weather Forecast

The dry ridge of high pressure will hold on for Saturday bringing mainly sunny skies, light northwest winds and freezing levels at about 1500m. By Sunday a pacific low pressure system will bring generally light snowfall for Sunday and Monday (up to 10cm each day). Winds are forecast to be strong from the southwest on Sunday, decreasing to moderate on Monday. Freezing levels for Sunday and Monday are forecast to hover around 1000m.

Avalanche Summary

No recent avalanches reported.

Snowpack Summary

Up to 50 cm of settled storm snow has been saturated by rain up to about 2100m. Pretty much all snow surfaces now sport a hard frozen crust. At the highest elevations you might find dense, stubborn wind slabs in lee terrain. Very low down you might find some areas where only a thin crust overlies moist or wet snow.For now, at least, deeper snowpack weaknesses have been largely rendered inactive by the strong capping crust layer. If there is an area of concern, it would be in the north of the region near Goldbridge, where a deep persistent slab from 26-Jan was remote-triggered on surface hoar buried 70 cm below the surface. Steep convexities and thin-to-thick trigger areas in the high alpine may still have the potential to release a slab in this part of the region.