Bulletin d’avalanche

Kootenay Boundary

Jan 20 – 21, 2019Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Tue
Wed
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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Points saillants

The recent snow may be touchy to human traffic. Tread cautiously and keep a conservative mindset if you notice slab properties or see signs of snow instability.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Storm Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    1–2
    The recent storm snow may not bond well to underlying layers. Treating this snow with caution is advised. The deepest and touchiest snow may be in lee terrain features due to recent strong southwest winds.

Confidence

High -

Weather Forecast

SUNDAY NIGHT: Clearing into the morning, freezing level below valley bottom.MONDAY: Mostly clear skies, light north winds, alpine temperature -8 C, freezing level below valley bottom.TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy, light southwest winds, alpine temperature -8 C, freezing level below valley bottom.WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with light snowfall, accumulation 5 to 10 cm, light to moderate southwest winds, alpine temperature -5 C, freezing level below valley bottom.

Avalanche Summary

A skier triggered a small wind slab in very steep terrain on Saturday. Also, one small storm slab avalanche was triggered with an explosive. Otherwise, no new avalanches were observed except for some sluffing in steep terrain.

Snowpack Summary

Around 10 to 20 cm of recent snow recently fell with strong southwest winds. This snow fell onto a sun crust on south aspects and feathery surface hoar in sheltered and shaded areas at all elevation bands. The new snow may not bond well to these layers, particularly in areas where the new snow has slab properties, such as in wind-loaded terrain features.Below this, the snowpack is generally well-settled.

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