Bulletin d’avalanche

Kootenay Boundary

Jan 15 – 16, 2025Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

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

Conditions are generally safe, make observations and continually assess as you travel.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely
    Taille
    1–1.5

    Wind slabs are becoming unreactive but may still be triggered in isolated steep terrain.

Confidence

High

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanche reports since the weekend.

Snowpack Summary

Wind-affected snow sits on variable interfaces, including surface hoar in sheltered areas and sun crusts on solar aspects. These interfaces may be deeper on wind-loaded slopes.

A previous weak layer from early December (surface hoar or facet/crust combo) is found 50 to 120 cm deep, but snowpack tests and lack of recent activity suggest it's no longer a concern.

The lower snowpack is generally strong and bonded.

Weather Summary

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear skies. 20 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -0 °C.

Thursday

Mix of sun and clouds. isolated flurries 1 to 2 cm 40 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.

Friday

Partly cloudy. isolated flurries, 1 cm. 20 km/h north ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -10 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • This is a good time for exploring terrain.
  • Carefully evaluate steep lines for wind slabs.

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