South Coast

Avalanche danger trending up over the next few days due to another warm storm moving in from the Southwest.

Fair - Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain

Cloudy with light Southerly winds overnight. Some chance of flurries combined with moderate Southerly winds on Thursday, becoming snow overnight and into Friday morning. Expect 5-10 cm of new snow by Friday morning. Unsettled with moderate Southwest winds during the day Friday with freezing levels climbing up to about 1000 metres elevation. Winds becoming strong Southwest overnight and into Saturday morning. Expect 5-10 cm of new snow as the freezing levels climb up to about 2000 metres elevation.

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Conditions in the Coquihalla area are quite different to the Duffey/Hurley regions. Reports from the Coquihalla suggest there's less than 1 m of snow in most avalanche areas. On the surface, fairly widespread surface hoar development has been reported. Below this, a small amount of recent storm snow overlies a thick rain crust. In the north, we have very limited observations. That said, I expect a deeper, more complex snowpack where well settled storm snow overlies a mix of crusts and facets which formed in November.