Bulletin d’avalanche

South Coast

Jan 7 – 8, 2016Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Sat
Sun
Alpin
1 · Faible
Limite forestière
1 · Faible
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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Points saillants

Low Danger doesn't mean No Danger. Make observations continually as you travel.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1–2
    There was just enough recent snow and wind for fresh pockets of wind slabs. Although they have likely gained significant strength, wind slabs may still be sensitive to human triggering in isolated terrain.

Confidence

High

Weather Forecast

Expect a mix of sun and cloud for the forecast period. Ridgetop winds should remain mainly light while freezing levels will hover around 500m.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches were reported.

Snowpack Summary

In the past couple of days there was generally 5-10cm of new snow with maybe 15cm in the odd location. The fresh snow covers old surfaces including: melt-freeze crusts on solar aspects in the alpine, wind drifted snow in exposed higher elevation terrain, and well-developed surface hoar in sheltered areas at treeline and below. Winds were strong enough on Tuesday that soft wind slabs are possible at high-elevation in terrain lee to southerly winds. The mid and lower snowpack are generally strong.

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