Northwest Coastal

Choose conservative, low consequence terrain.

Storm slabs will remain rider triggerable and have the potential to step down to deeper layers.

Rider and remotely triggered persistent slab avalanches continue to occur in the region. Some have been triggered in low angle terrain.

Ongoing snowfall and southerly winds have formed reactive storm and wind slabs.

Several persistent weak layers are likely buried between 70 and 150 cm deep. These weak layers include hard crusts with overlying weak facets and surface hoar. Avalanches continue to fail on these layers.

Saturday Night

A mix of cloud and clear skies with 1 to 3 cm of new snow. 10 to 20 km/h south alpine wind.  Treeline temperature -4°C.

Sunday

Cloudy with 5 to 15 cm of new snow. 40 to 70 km/h southeast alpine wind. Treeline temperature -1°C.

Monday

Cloudy with up to 5 cm of new snow. 40 to 70 km/h southeast alpine wind. Treeline temperature -3°C.

Tuesday

Cloudy with 20 to 30 cm of  new snow. 30 to 60 km/h southwest alpine wind. Treeline temperature -4°C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Remote triggering is a big concern, be aware of the potential for wide propagations and large, destructive avalanches at all elevations.
• Caution required around non obvious avalanche terrain like road cutbanks, cutblocks and other non obvious avalanche terrain
• Storm slabs in motion may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.
• Be especially cautious as you transition into wind affected terrain.