Bulletin d’avalanche Sea To Sky — Jan 9, 2016

Points saillants

It is a good time to tackle bigger objectives, but keep your guard up. Avalanches are still possible in LOW danger.

Problèmes avalancheux

Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpin
Limite forestière
Sous la limite forestière
Probabilité
Unlikely - Possible
Taille
1–2
Small wind slabs may be sensitive to rider triggering in steep and unsupported lee and cross-loaded terrain.

Confidence

High - The weather pattern is stable

Weather Forecast

Sunday: A mix of sun and cloud. The freezing level is around 800-1000 m. Winds are light. Monday: Sunny with increasing cloud late in the day. The freezing level is around 800-1000 m with a above freezing layer near ridge top. Winds are light. Tuesday: Cloudy with periods of snow. The freezing level is near 1000 m and winds increase to moderate or strong from the S-SW.

Avalanche Summary

A few small natural and rider-triggered wind slab avalanches up to size 1.5 were reported on Thursday and Friday. These were from steep East-facing slopes immediately lee of ridges.

Snowpack Summary

Up to 20 cm of dry snow sits on a variety of old surfaces including a melt-freeze crust on solar aspects in the alpine, smooth old snow on higher elevation lee slopes, and well-developed surface hoar in sheltered areas at treeline and lower elevations. This dry surface snow is capped by a sun crust on steep solar aspects or a fresh layer of surface hoar on sheltered and shady slopes. Variable winds have created soft wind slabs in lee and cross-loaded terrain in alpine areas. The mid and lower snowpack is generally strong.

Sea To Sky

Danger d’avalanche