Bollettino valanghe

Kootenay Boundary

Mar 4, 2019Avalanche Canada
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Archiviato · scaduto 8 years ago

Pericolo valanghe

Tue
Wed
Alta quota
2 · Moderato
Limite del bosco
2 · Moderato
Sotto il limite
2 · Moderato
Apri la mappa completa

In sintesi

Wind slabs continue to be reactive at upper elevations. A persistent slab problem still exists in the region and has been responsible for sporadic human triggered avalanches over the past week.

Problemi valanghivi

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Possible - Likely
    Dimensione
    1–2
    Most recent wind slab formation is on south and west facing slopes, however wind slabs likely exist on all aspects due to changing winds.

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Possible
    Dimensione
    1.5–2.5
    It remains possible to trigger an avalanche on one of the surface hoar or crust layers buried 40 to 80 cm deep. These layers seem to be most prominent at treeline.

Confidence

High - The weather pattern is stable

Weather Forecast

MONDAY: Mainly sunny / light to moderate east wind / alpine temperature -12 CTUESDAY: A mix of sun and cloud / light to moderate southeast wind / alpine temperature -8 CWEDNESDAY: Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries / light to moderate southeast wind / alpine temperature -6 C

Avalanche Summary

There is an excellent MIN post describing a skier triggered size 1.5 persistent slab avalanche on Saturday. Click here to see it. Additionally on Saturday reports indicate a few size 1-1.5 wind slab avalanches on west aspects in the alpine and treeline. There were reports of several size 1-1.5 explosives triggered storm slab avalanches on Friday in the alpine and tree line on northerly aspects.

Snowpack Summary

The surface consists of 15-30 cm of low density recent new snow. This new snow is sitting on old wind slabs and faceted (sugary) snow. A layer of feathery surface hoar sitting on a crust that was buried on February 7th is now 30-50 cm deep. Two other surface hoar layers are buried 50 to 80 cm down (referred to as the February 1st and mid-January layers) remain reactive in snowpack tests.

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