Avalanche Forecast

Moderate -

Friday: Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries and a trace of new snow. Winds light from the southeast. Freezing level to 1200 metres with alpine temperatures of -5.Saturday: Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries and a trace of new snow. Winds light from the southeast. Freezing level to 1000 metres with alpine temperatures around -6.Sunday: Cloudy with scattered flurries and a trace of new snow. Winds light to moderate from the southeast. Freezing level to 1000 metres with alpine temperatures around -6.

Reports from Wednesday include numerous storm slabs releasing naturally as well as with explosives and ski cutting to Size 2 in the Whistler area. Ski cut Size 1 slabs were noted running slowly over long distances. Thursday's reports included evidence of a natural Loose Wet avalanche cycle to Size 1.5 below 1900 metres in the Whistler area.

A trace of new snow dusted the surface at treeline elevations over the day on Thursday, with wet flurries and rain continuing at lower elevations. This change follows rain which fell to 2000 m during the day on Wednesday. The mix of rain and new snow has landed on either wind slabs in the alpine or temperature crusts at treeline and below, especially on east and south aspects. Both of these surfaces will be good sliding layers for incoming snowfall.The mid and lower snowpack are generally well settled and strong. However, there remain a number of facet and crust layers (down 60-80cm in shallower areas) that are currently dormant but will require monitoring with additional loading (and warming this week), especially in the shallow, rocky areas.