Sea To Sky

Seek out sheltered powder for better quality and safer riding.

Have a plan to manage small wind slabs if you're tackling something steeper.

No avalanches have been reported recently.

Large surface hoar is growing particularly in sheltered areas. Thin melt-freeze crusts may be found on sun-exposed slopes.

Below, 20 - 30 cm of settled snow remains soft in sheltered areas but is heavily wind-affected in alpine and exposed treeline terrain. Cold temperatures are faceting this upper layer, causing snow grains to lose cohesion.

The most recognizable of several melt-freeze crusts in the lower snowpack is 100 - 150 cm deep in the Whistler area, decomposing, and not considered a problematic avalanche layer.

Snowpack height is around 120 to 150 cm at treeline and decreases rapidly below about 1500 m.

Thursday Night

Cloudy. 30 to 40 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.

Friday

Cloudy with up to 5 cm of snow. 30 to 40 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.

Cloudy with 10 to 20 cm of snow. 30 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C.

A mix of sun and cloud with up to 5 cm of snow, ending in the morning. 20 to 40 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Make observations and continually assess conditions as you travel.
• Seek out sheltered terrain where new snow hasn't been affected by wind.
• Carefully evaluate steep lines for wind slabs.