Wind slabs are the main concern. Keep in mind you may find them on a variety of aspects with winds recently switching direction.
Recent new snow combined with moderate to strong winds from a variety of directions have promoted new wind slab formation on a variety of aspects.
Two weak layers consisting of a crust with small facets above buried between 50 and 180cm deep, have been responsible for several large avalanches in the past two weeks. This problem seems to be more of an issue west of the Sea to Sky highway corridor.
Most recent avalanche activity has been reported as size 1-1.5 wind slabs and storm slabs in the alpine.
Recent new snow from earlier in the week has been redistributed by moderate to strong winds blowing primarily from the southwest then north and northeast.
There are two crusts with facets sitting above, which are buried in the snowpack down 60-180cm in the alpine and treeline elevation bands. These crust/facet layers have been responsible for several large avalanches in the past 2 weeks in the Brandywine and Pemberton Icefield areas.
Wednesday Night
Cloudy with clear breaks. Light to moderate north east. Treeline temperature -19 °C.
Thursday
Mix of sun and cloud. Moderate north east and east wind. Treeline temperature -18 °C.
Friday
Mix of sun and cloud. Light northeast wind. Treeline temperature -16 °C.
Saturday
Mainly cloudy with flurries. Moderate southwest wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
