Brandywine
Avalanche Forecast
Published: Apr 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Cornices.
Published: Apr 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 5th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Cornices.
Published: Apr 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Cornices.
Published: Apr 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 1st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 31st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 30th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wet Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Rainbow Mountain Outing
Great ski day. Excellent snow below 1,600 meters Some wind affect in Alpine above 1,600m.
Two Size 2 avalanches from storm cycle from previous day. Avalanches were primarily on west aspects.
Stability was generally good. Wind slabs in alpine were stable though we did stay away from steeper north aspects but due to the
Zee68,
Monday 8th January, 2024 11:30AM
Gin Peak
Up to Gin Peak via Hanging Lake Trail today. We were able to ski the lower trail up and down, but it’s very thin and especially treacherous on the way down. Lots of bushes, small trees, sticks, logs, etc. to catch your skis.
Skied the north side of Gin from the summit down to Rainbow Lake and saw no signs of instability. Just wonderful powder. We saw some small crowns and debris on that slope that most likely came down during the storm but were already buried by quite a lot of new snow.
russ.fretenburg,
Sunday 7th January, 2024 9:00PM
Gin Peak
Overall good riding above tree line surface hoar present at a variety of elevations, at 900-1000m approx. 8-12mm. Early season hazards present at all elevations but become much more difficult to avoid below 1200m
jordanrobert.carter,
Sunday 7th January, 2024 3:30PM
Lots of snow, low angles, great weather
Great mellow day at shovelnose. Was able to drive to around 600m, easy skinning from there.
Looked like some natural avalanches on the west aspect of the ridge just east of Fee.
saxon.g,
Sunday 7th January, 2024 4:20AM
Hanging Lake
Plan C at Hanging Lake didn’t turn out too bad.
40-60cm new snow, all the way down to the xc trails, transformed the approach. It was easily skinnable, though pretty airy in places - snowshoers beware. By the afternoon it was getting heavy and thick down low, and creeks covered in the morning were open again. Hazards definitely still close to the surface.
TL and above was deep. Obvious wind affect on windward slopes, and many crowns on lee slopes (N,NE). We noticed this sz 2 off Gin Peak N. By afternoon the pinwheels were rolling and small point releases were letting go on steep SW slopes.
Many people up enjoying the sun, including a few sledders.
kenyonslaneym,
Saturday 6th January, 2024 7:30PM
Brandywine Post storm
Winter conditions have finally arrived with this last storm. We found 70-100cms on new snow in Brandywine bowl. Mostly low density pow! Above 1900m had some wind pressing and wind effect in exposed features.
Evidence of a widespread avalanche cycle during last night's storm to size 3. Witnessed several machine accidental and skier accidental storm/ wind slabs to size 1.5 lee convex features that had wind effect, as well as some natural solar triggered loose dry to 1.5 in the morning. We also saw a lot of slope testing by snowmobiles in steep and convex terrain, so overall less activity than I would have expected. The storm snow appears to be bonding well to the Dec 30th crust.
The glaciers are starting to look more filled in, but still have many sags and a some open slots. At 2100m HS was 240cms. Most creeks are still open, with early season hazards still lurking below the fresh snow.
DaveCote,
Saturday 6th January, 2024 6:50PM
Wet at Spectrum Peak
Few cm of new, wet snow on old snowpack. Softer up above 1550 or so, below that crusty boulders or forest. Rapidly thins in the forest below hanging lake, 1250m and below were booting territory. No instability observed.
tarfeef101,
Thursday 4th January, 2024 12:30AM
Berg Lake
alessandrojlp,
Wednesday 3rd January, 2024 8:20PM
Shovelnose creek
Skied around Shovelnose in excellent conditions today. HST10-20cm low density powder overlies a thick rain crust. Storm snow fell with seemingly no wind. Snow line down to 900m, drove to 1000m with chains. A pit at 1700m, east aspect revealed well preserved surface hoar & facets up to 8mm down 70cm (110cm snowpack). No results on it during compression test, but shovel shear pulled it out. Numerous melt freeze/rain crusts throughout snowpack. Resistant planar CT16 down 30cm melt freeze crust with small facets above. Recent skier accidental sz1.5 observed, wind loaded convexity from ~24-48hr ago. Great skiing on polar aspects,temps seemingly dropping. Sunny slopes glopping up later in the day.
qturner,
Sunday 31st December, 2023 7:20PM
Shovelnose
Rain turned into snow as we got to 1650m around noonish around 5cm new snow. Snow was skiable but wet above 1700m and sticky below. Somewhat thick crust underneath 15-20 cm and 50 cm in wind loaded terrain. Skied a small steep pitch in the alp with no reactivity. Lots of pinwheeling and post holing.
nick.bollinger1995,
Saturday 30th December, 2023 5:40PM
Wetter than expected
Drove to ~1000m, skinned from the truck. Snow was wet and light drizzle the whole morning. Turned around at the end of the road due to weather and snow conditions. Skied back to the truck avoiding the occasional rock poking out of the snow on the road.
scott.rmckenzie,
Friday 29th December, 2023 2:20PM
Shovelnose
nf99,
Saturday 23rd December, 2023 8:10PM
Brew
Spent 3 days wandering around the Brew Hut area. We skied across the immediate Brew zone, as well as Brandywine couloir and a stroll over to Cypress N2.
Conditions didn’t change much during our trip. We found crusts of varying thicknesses at all aspects and elevations, overlying ~20cm unconsolidated powder. The surface crust was mostly thin enough to ski well. We saw no signs of instability at any stage. Coverage was surprisingly adequate above 1500m, and we probed 100-140cm on average at TL and above.
The approach and exit was grim. 30+ water bar crossings on the road, and adventure skinning through patchy coverage and heavy, sticky snow. Globstopper mandatory.
Overall, a fun weekend which left us optimistic about conditions higher up.
kenyonslaneym,
Sunday 17th December, 2023 10:00PM
Shovelnose
Checked out shovelnose today. Road is in good shape and can drive to around 700-800m with chains. Can skin from the truck. Forest at top of cutblock has good coverage and is easy to skin through and ski out of right now.
There is a crust on most solar aspects and there were some issues skinning with wet surface snow. We skied north facing chutes and found around 10cm of heavy powder above a crust, but still unconsolidated for the time being which made for pretty fun skiing. There is around a 100cm base at 1600m.
jordan.polischuk,
Sunday 17th December, 2023 4:00PM
Shovelnose Shenanigans
Parked on shovelnose creek road at around 650. Coverage was thin on the way up but able to ski down by the end of the day from the new snow.
Went into the trees around 1350m and snow was crusty and chunky but new powder was good. Went into subalpine and snow was softer but sitting on top of a thick, wet crust.
Witnessed 2 small size 1 slab avalanches on the way up on steep (50 ish deg) slopes, naturally occuring but quite close to skiers. Went up a mellower slope and was fine and stable enough, but felt quite touchy. Some shooting cracks on steep slopes but not enough snow to be overly cautious.
Skiing was soft powder on alpine, stayed on mellow slopes and obvious wind dumped pockets of crust/deeper powder. Crust held up so no breaking through, even on stronger turns. Tree skiing was crusty but surprisingly good! Shark evading on the road.
Overall a very good day out!
narciso.rafa611,
Monday 11th December, 2023 9:10AM
Roe Creek
Very very wet and heavy snow (It rained most of the day). Snowpack was so thin though that we didn’t notice any significant slabs forming. We did observe some pinwheels in the afternoon, it was super warm all day.
andreamtate,
Sunday 10th December, 2023 8:10PM
Moist at Shovelnose
~15cm wet/dense new snow on rain crust poorly bonded but not too slabbed up yet. Adequate coverage above 900m.
MtBuda,
Sunday 10th December, 2023 5:30PM
Above the crust
Decent skiing in the high alpine. Crust disappeared around 2350m and became a cohesive but soft pineapple deposit topped with 7-10 cm of cold low density snow in most areas. Thin and isolated pockets of wind slab in high leeside features at ridgecrest. Surface hoar is in full bloom from low elevations to as high as 23-2400m on less wind affected terrain.
j_rowsom,
Friday 8th December, 2023 11:00PM
Low density dust on high density crust!
10cms of low density pow on a very supportive 10cm rain crust. Ski quality was better than our very low expectations. looks like the rain produced lots of wet slab action up to sz3. Test pit at 1750m on NW slope HS 103 got a CTM11 SC down 43 on the mid November crust which seems to be faceting out. We also had an ECTP 17 down 43cm on that faceting crust suspected to be the mid November layer. We also observed surface hoard up to 5mm on top of the late November layer down 33cm with no activity in the tests. Not sure how well these tests represent current hazard level as isolated columns reduce the bridging affect of the thick rain crust on top, but might be something to keep in mind as things continue to stack up!
JT Pelham,
Thursday 7th December, 2023 6:10PM
Hanging Lake
Heavy snow on top of crust near Hanging Lake. Creamy pow. Observed lots of shooting cracks in sheltered/shaded areas, not observed on upper/open slopes.
The approach and exit was pretty bad/dangerous. Needs more snow.
GeeG,
Monday 4th December, 2023 10:00AM
Shovelnose
Able to drive to 950m with high clearance 4x4 and v-bar chains. Height of snow at 950m about 30cm, unconsolidated powder. Skinned up to 1850m. Touch of wind effect in the alpine. Beautiful partly cloudy day, lots of intermittent blue sky. Didn't get on anything steep enough to enjoy the powder, but was a nice walk all the same. Dense forest and cut block were treacherous. Height of snow in the forest at 1450m was <30cm.
lionel.d.jensen,
Sunday 3rd December, 2023 8:30PM
Brew conditions
Knee deep heavy to coastal powder on the way to the hut. Lots of early season hazards due to thin coverage (1.2m in the meadows, but changeable). Lots of whumpfing and some natural releases to size 1.5 on steep features near ridges. Storm slabs released easily on Dec03 on hand tests possibly on crust with facets. Very warm as we were exiting.
albertocsanz,
Sunday 3rd December, 2023 8:30PM
Swimming with sharks
Approached via the snowmobilers route up the Brandywine FSR. Stock Crosstrek was able to make it to ~1050m, a capable 4x4 could easily have gone higher. Surprisingly good skiing at treeline considering its Nov 12, below treeline was tight, wet, and on the road quite thin, had to boot pack the last ~500m back to the car.
julianh,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:38PM
On snow, just.
Drove up to 800m to tour on the road. 6-8” of heavy pow. Temps above 0 between 800-900m.
abbydellphotography,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:38PM
Sootip
Lots of melting over the last week, wednesday the forest was "technically skiable", now below 1600m, "not the road or cutblocks" have too much exposed tree and deadfall
treeline has a rain crust, and heavy pow below
alpine is a mix of a weaker rain crust with slightly lighter, but still heavy pow, and some wind deposits which are actually dry enough to be nice, but not very widespread
tarfeef101,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:37PM
Glop fest
Approached Mt. Sproatt from the East hiking trail. Skinnable snow started around 1,300m. In open terrain, any snow that wasn't packed down already or wind affected was glopping to our skins like crazy. Found lots of surface hoar at treeline and Alpine on several aspects, including North and southeast. The North slopes of Sproatt skied very nicely. Further down in the valley to the north, early season hazards such as cliffs and trees were abundant. The valley holds crusty and icy snow well into Twenty-one Mile Creek trail down to just below 1,000m.
LuJo,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:36PM
Horrible crusts in Brandywine
Absolutely crap. A couple pitches were okay, but mostly survival skiing down from Pineau to the bowl, and even out to the road. Crust was bullet hard, but also sticky, just initiating a turn and bringing ur tails around was a challenge. A few small stashes of good snow mostly in shaded aspects, but largely just terrible. Metal dome would've skied better based on how it felt on the way up.
tarfeef101,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:36PM
Sunny Mount Fee
Decent riding up in the protected, north-ish aspect alpine.
Otherwise pretty bad. Sunny slopes are hard crust, treeline and below is really icy and crusty.
Some areas near the ridgeline are wind affected. 4cm wind crust cracked under my skis in some areas of the alpine, appx 4cm crust. No shooting cracks, but snow felt hollow in those areas.
Significant hoar frost development all over, including treeline and below. Few centimeter crystals at ~1200m, smaller sparkles in the alpine.
osinskiandrew,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:36PM
Survival Touring
It was quite terrible but still fun. Crusts on almost every aspect. N-NE could potentially still be holding soft snow as some of the micro features felt good on that aspect. Just came down where we went up. The descent I would describe as survival skiing. There are lots of exposed rocks and massive boulders. Snow depth at 1750m was 40cms. We drove to 1000m on the road.
10/10 would not recommend for anything other than a fitness tour.
alxarmstrng,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:36PM
Tricouni S2
<p>Once Sz2 Na started occurring near noon, we decided to cancel the ski tour and head down. </p>
jim,
Sunday 7th May, 2023 4:30PM
Apres Storm Sproatt
<p>Decent riding. Stayed away from anything convex, steep, or scary.
Snow felt pretty supportive underfoot in most areas. Some areas felt a bit looser, but even jumping on test slopes wouldn't cause a slab. Your mileage may vary.
Lots of pinwheels and natural sluffs off steep slopes.
No signs of natural slab avalanches anywhere we could see.</p>
osinskiandrew,
Wednesday 19th April, 2023 9:30PM
MD trees
abbydellphotography,
Sunday 16th April, 2023 2:40PM
60cm HST at Harrison Hut
Frederick Amyot,
Tuesday 11th April, 2023 7:15AM
Heaps of Heavy Snow
<p>3 days and 2 nights spent camping up above Callaghan Lake (Fri-Sun). Skied a bunch of fun short pow laps between camp at 1440m and the ridge top at 1800m on east facing slopes. Little to no visibility prevented us from exploring higher.
A melt freeze crust was present upon arrival on Friday afternoon under 10ish cm that had fallen on it that morning. This crust extended up to 1800m but was less substantial at that elevation. By departure on Sunday afternoon, an additional 30-40cm had fallen and the new snow had gotten increasingly heavy and wet.
Triggered a few small slabs on convex slopes and pillow features ranging from 20cm to 40cm deep. Limited propagation.
The ski out was pouring rain for the last 5km below 1100m. Yehaw. </p>
graham.david.henry,
Monday 10th April, 2023 8:40AM
Natural Cycle
<p>Went to Roe creek but had to stop towards the end of the FSR. We stayed at treeline because of the vis and waited for 2-3 hours and heard many natural size 2 during that time.
Snow was heavy and wet 30-40cm. </p>
michel.andre.aubin,
Friday 7th April, 2023 10:50PM
Roe Creek
<p>Our observations echo the user who posted for this area on April 4. Unfortunately didn’t stop to take a photo, but heard many avalanches over the few hours we spent in the trees just before the split toward Keg. We could see many size 2(+) wet loose slides from across the drainage on the ride out.
The sun was strong through the cloud and avalanches were common in areas with rocky start zones and on south and east aspects. </p>
jaretbull,
Friday 7th April, 2023 7:00PM
Sheltered Powder Heaven
<p>Skied from the Callaghan Lake Snowshuttle drop off point across the lake to ski the north face of Telemagique. Incredible sheltered powder all the way to alpine with no major signs of instability.
Topped out at 1650m where we started noticing wind effect. Still 40cms of powder!</p>
jacob99degroot,
Tuesday 7th March, 2023 11:20AM
Hanging Lake - Mar 5
<p>Temps warmed through the day and sun came out around 1. Saw pinwheeling on S/E/W slopes around hanging lake. Saw some evidence of wind loading onto the SE facing slopes around the lake.
2pm lap had creamy snow on the W aspect from 200m above the lake.
Uncertain if far E and SE faces N/NW of hanging lake either had crown lines or extreme high marking (?)</p>
cmah,
Monday 6th March, 2023 8:20PM
Cypress Peak Area
<p>Remote trigger from snowmobile. Lower protected gulley went first and then remote triggered upper slope as well as several adjacent convexities. Crown 25-30cm and propagated at least 200 meters. This was a Northeast aspect at approx 1200 meters and ran on the overnight storm and wind deposited snow. </p>
bryan,
Thursday 2nd March, 2023 5:50PM
Morning Glory
<p>We stayed away from wind loaded areas near the ridge and clear of paths that could be triggered by cornices coming off the ridge.
Snowpack is deep here.
Some pinwheeling on low angle slopes. </p>
daniel,
Thursday 2nd March, 2023 12:50PM
Hanging lake
<p>Day started with light precip. Found a couple of cm over previous storm snow. Visibility fluctuating throughout the day, sun eventually poked out through clouds for a short period. On this day we found no signs of instability in the open trees on north aspects above the lake. We rode deep powder. Snow got heavier as the day got warmer.</p>
markkamner,
Tuesday 28th February, 2023 7:00PM
Hanging Lake
<p>The snow above Hanging lake was all-time powder today. North-facing, mellow trees skied really well with 55cm of very light powder sitting on a density change or a thin crust (just probed, but didn't dig). There were many natural slab avalanches on steeper features/rolls on all aspects and we got easy results when stomping on some convex features (see photos). </p>
Justin Partridge ,
Sunday 26th February, 2023 7:10PM
Rainbow Mountain
<p>The day started with an icy skin up to the lake. Around 1100 meters a trace of fresh snow began, and by hanging lake there was 5-8cm of fresh snow on a firm crust. Good skiing was observed on all slopes immediately above hanging lake. Our objective was Rainbow mountain, so we continued above the treeline into open alpine slopes. We found rock hard conditions all the way up to the top. We encountered great views, but the ski down was not very desirable.
We felt the skiing did not do justice to the day, so on out way out we decided to short lap on the NW aspect above hanging lake. As we ascended we began noticing shooting cracks in certain wind deposited areas. Shooting cracks raging from 3-5 meters in length on a windslab layer approximately 3cm deep. These instabilities were only observed in isolated areas, and were easily managed with proper terrain selection. That being said, if the scale of the terrain was increased, things could get problematic.</p>
nevison.alex,
Friday 24th February, 2023 10:00PM
Snowmobile triggered size 2
jcrgray,
Thursday 23rd February, 2023 9:40PM
Morning Glory
<p>Just a quick overview after the wind came through.!
Wind slabs near ridgeline on S and SE aspects. Stiff slab, varied between 5 and 30cms though there looked like there were larger drifts.
Fractured planar, resistant high friction slab.
Skied safe route through the alpine into the trees. Always good skiing in the Callaghan even when taking a conservative route!
</p>
ddortonbrand,
Wednesday 22nd February, 2023 7:00PM
Gin Peak
victoria.l.merritt,
Saturday 18th February, 2023 8:00PM
Gin Morning Tour
<p>Pretty great early morning tour. Starting in the dark have us a hard but not slippery skin track to follow up, and trail is broken all the way. Even going off ski penetration is not significant.
On the down, without skiing hard at least, all pow, no crust down to the lake. Below the lake the trail is hardpack and a bit icy, but skiable, and the creeks are navigable. Forest snow off trail is soft but gets sticky quick, so turning hard can be tricky. </p>
tarfeef101,
Wednesday 15th February, 2023 2:50PM
Callaghan Remote
<p>snowboard zone to the left, sled shuttle to the far right, over a dozen shuttle laps on the lookers right sled tracks, remote triggered coming down sled track. (see photo 1)</p>
aaron,
Wednesday 15th February, 2023 12:20AM
Gin Summit and Chill Ski Day
todd.d.scheerer,
Sunday 12th February, 2023 1:10PM
Upper Squamish Valley
E. Gindlesperger,
Saturday 11th February, 2023 8:50PM