Northwest Inland

Recent rain has ravaged the region.

If you travel to higher elevations in search of dry snow, be cautious in wind-loaded areas. Recently formed wind slabs may be reactive to human-triggering

A natural avalanche cycle occurred a few days ago as rain and warm temperatures infiltrated the region. Slab avalanches up to size 3 were observed in the Smithers and Seaton areas.

If you head to the backcountry please consider submitting your observations to the Mountain Information Network.

New snow accumulates atop a crust or moist snow from rain in the past few days. Strong winds will create heavily wind-affected surfaces and redistribute new snow into fresh wind slabs.

We suspect two surface hoar layers in the mid-snowpack have been cleaned out by the rain.

Deeper in the snowpack, a rain crust from early November seems to be bonding well to the surrounding snow.

Friday Night

Cloudy with up to 3 cm of new snow. 15 to 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.

Saturday

Cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of snow. 30 to 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.

Sunday

A mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries. 15 to 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C.

Monday

A mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries. 15 to 30 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °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.