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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Apr 11th, 2025–Apr 12th, 2025

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

Chic-Choc Mountains.

Saturday promises to be a great day for spring skiing. However, it's important to pay attention to how the snow reacts to rising temperatures and solar radiation. If the snow becomes too moist, it's best to change aspect or slope.

Confidence

Moderate

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanche observed or reported.

If you are heading into the backcountry, please share your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).

Snowpack Summary

In the alpine and at treeline, conditions vary greatly between different aspects, but especially between different mountains. We find either surface rock, ice, crusted snow or wind-hardened snow accumulations.

Below treeline, in areas protected from wind and sun, we can still find 10 to 20 cm of powder.

The middle of the snowpack consists of alternating well-consolidated snow and melt-freeze crusts. At mid-mountain, the depth of the snowpack varies from 60 to 180 cm.

Weather Summary

WEATHER FOR THE PEAKS AND SUMMITS OF THE CHIC-CHOCS

Saturday will be a beautiful sunny day, with light winds and mild temperatures.

Friday evening and night: A few clouds. Light north-westerly winds from 5 to 15 km/h. Low -6. Freezing level at valley bottom.

Saturday: Sunny. Calm winds. Maximum +5. Freezing level at 1200 m.

Sunday: Cloudy. Light easterly winds. High +4. Freezing level at 1100 m.

Monday: Alternating sun and clouds. Northeast winds, 20 to 40 km/h. High +4. Freezing level at 1000 m.

For more details, read the Chic-Chocs alpine weather forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Back off slopes as the surface becomes moist or wet with rising temperatures.
  • A hard crust on the snow surface will help strengthen the snowpack, but may cause tough travel conditions.

Problems

Loose Wet

Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.