Kitimat

Cooler temperatures have likely re-frozen the surface snow into a rain crust up to 1500 m. Any new snow at upper elevations has been redistributed to form wind slabs in alpine lee terrain.

There were no reports of avalanche activity on Sunday.

On Saturday there were reports of widespread wet loose and wet slab avalanches size 1-2 on all aspects These likely happened Friday, Friday night and Saturday.

There is likely a rain crust at or near surface up to 1500. At upper elevations, moderate to strong southwest winds have redistributed any recent snow into lee terrain.Two buried surface hoar layers may still found in isolated areas, buried 75-100 cm, and 120-200 cm deep. Their likelihood of triggering has likely reduced with the recent warm temperatures, rain and subsequent re-freezing. Snow depths are highly variable depending on elevation, and decrease rapidly below treeline.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy with 3-6 cm of snow, south west wind 30-50 km/h, treeline temperature -4 °C, freezing level 500 m.

Monday

Mainly cloudy with 1-3 cm of snow, southwest wind 20-40 km/h, treeline temperature -3 °C, freezing level 400 m.

Cloudy with flurries, southeast wind 15-30 km/h, treeline temperature -2 °C freezing level 500 m.

Cloudy with snow, southeast wind 40-60 km/h, treeline temperature 0 °C freezing level around 1000 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
• Avoid freshly wind loaded terrain features.