Yukon

Back off if you encounter signs of instability like whumpfing, shooting cracks or stiff wind-effected snow. Human-triggered avalanches remain possible.

On Sunday, snowmobilers remotely triggered a size 2 avalanche in the southern area of the White Pass polygon.

There have also been reports of wind slab avalanches up to size 1.5 releasing naturally on northerly aspects in White Pass.

20-40 cm of new snow has accumulated on various surfaces, including a melt-freeze crust on solar slopes, hard wind-affected surfaces, or faceted snow and surface hoar on shady slopes.

At treeline, there are at least two temperature crusts within the recent storm snow down approximately 45 cm.

A weak layer of facets and a crust from early December is buried 60 to 150 cm deep on all aspects up to 1750 m. This layer has not produced recent avalanche activity or test results and is not currently a concern.

Snow depth varies from 100 cm at highway elevations to over 200 cm in the alpine.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy with 0 to 2 cm of snow. 20 to 30 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy with 0 to 2 cm of snow. 20 to 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.

Wednesday

Partly cloudy with isolated flurries. 10 to 15 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

Thursday

Partly Cloudy with isolated flurries. calm winds. Treeline temperature -8 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
• Avoid freshly wind-loaded terrain features.