Bulletin d’avalanche

Northwest Inland

Jan 16 – 17, 2015Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Sun
Mon
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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Points saillants

Give recently wind-loaded slopes a wide berth.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    1–3
    Wind slabs continue to build at ridge top and treeline elevations. Keep an eye out for cornices too.

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    2–6
    A persistent weak layer is widely variable in depth. It could be triggered by a person or snowmobile hitting a sweet spot, creating a surprisingly large avalanche.

Confidence

Fair - Due to the number of field observations

Weather Forecast

Expect around 5 cm snow on Saturday with moderate to strong SW winds and the freezing level near 800 m. A second system is forecast to affect the area on Sunday, petering out slowly on Monday.  A further 5-10cm snow is expected, with strong S-SW winds and freezing level around 600 m.

Avalanche Summary

Skiers triggered size 1 slabs on wind-loaded features at treeline on Friday. Further west there have been reports of large natural avalanches on N and NW facing slopes around 1800m within the last couple of days.

Snowpack Summary

Strong southerly winds are building wind slabs, generally depositing snow on N and NE aspects. A rain crust is still out there up to 1600m and a melt freeze crust to 1850m. Keep in mind a surface hoar layer reported to be 15 to 20cm below the surface in areas protected from the wind. We're watching the December crust, but we haven't seen any activity on it recently, most likely because it hasn't received a significant load on it. Near the base of the snowpack is a November crust-facet combination that could remain problematic for some time.

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