Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1–2
15-30cm of new snow combined with southwest winds have created deeper deposits in lee terrain in the alpine and tree line.
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Dec 31, 2018Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche
Tue
Wed
Alpin
3 · Marqué
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
2 · Modéré
Points saillants
The forecast calls for a stable weather pattern in the next few days.
Problèmes avalancheux
Persistent Slabs
NNEESESSWWNW- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Unlikely - Possible
- Taille
- 2–3
A weak layer buried around 50 to 100 cm is still the main concern. Although avalanche activity has been quiet for the past week, the widespread nature of the layer and snowpack test results suggest that it is still a layer to be concerned about.
Confidence
Moderate -
Weather Forecast
MONDAY: Mix of sun and cloud / Light north wind / Alpine temperature -10 CTUESDAY: Mix of sun and cloud / Light northwest wind / Alpine temperature -4 C with a possible temperature inversionWEDNESDAY: Flurries / Moderate southwest wind / Alpine temperature -4 C / Freezing level 600 m
Avalanche Summary
Recent reports from Saturday indicate widespread thin storm slab avalanche activity size 1-1.5 that were 15cm deep with a some avalanches running to size 2 where thicker wind deposits existed (up to 40 cm). These were reported as explosives triggered, naturally triggered and some skier controlled.
Snowpack Summary
20-40 cm of snow sits on a thin sun crust on southerly aspects and small feathery surface hoar in sheltered areas.Beneath this, around 50 to 100 cm of snow sits on a rain crust and a weak layer of feathery surface hoar and sugary facets. Although there has not been a reported avalanche on this layer in over a week, snowpack test results tell us that it is still possible to trigger. The lower snowpack is well-settled.