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Gosnell

Published: May 2nd, 2026

Went for a ski up "Gosnell Peak", north of Chappell Mountain. Snow coverage on Chappell Creek fsr starts at 1100m. Great spring skiing on the access roads, some nice views from the summit. This peak is in the Caribou closure, non-motorized access past the junction with Chappell Creek fsr. Lots of huge cornice failures happening right now, mostly on northern aspects, running further than might be expected.

Corn harvest

Published: Apr 26th, 2026

Great corn harvest! Freeze-thaw has been solidly in place and the was a stout crust that softened through the day in the sun to provide perfect spring turns on South facing slopes. There were also some large bare spots to avoid, but this was easy enough to do. Less fun on the way out in the shade where we scraped our way down.

The bird and the bear

Published: Apr 17th, 2026

A group of 5 of us did the Raven to Grizzly traverse. Some starting Thursday evening skinning from the highway to 8mile cabin for Thursday night and two more of us sledding in on Friday to skin up to Raven cabin. Overall coditions were warm. Friday was slightly above 0 degrees most of the day with wet sticky snow conditions on the track. Saturday’s tour from Raven to Grizzly was bluebird and warm, 5-10 degrees for most of the day. We saw several small point releases and wet loose avalanches on sunny open slopes in the alpine. Our only skiing was from leprechaun ridge down to Grizzly cabin. We did not see any signs of instability on our brief ski down from leprechaun. Sundays ski out from Grizzly was overcast skies with snow falling at the cabin quickly turning to rain about ~100m below the cabin and raining all the way down to grizzly trailhead. The road into Raven / Grizzly is still snow covered pretty much from the parking lot at the highway.

Last blast at Sugarbowl?

Published: Apr 17th, 2026

Went up Sugarbowl with the hopes of skiing the prominent north/northwest-facing chute (Norheim couloir?) as you first gain the ridge. Was hoping the new snow would have settled by now and that we could enjoy some pow before things warmed up. Was able to skin right from the car (and my wife skied all the way back down to the car although I’m sure with the warming she will be the last one to do that this season). Snow was a bit warm/moist until about 1400 meters but above that it was beautiful. It stayed cloudy and several degrees below freezing until we got to the top. We didn’t see any avalanches. Things weren’t shedding yet. You could feel some cohesiveness in the new snow and I was able to get some results just with hand shears. There were certainly signs of wind effect at the top of the chute. I dug a quick pit near the ridge top which was more north/northeast-facing. Could see the most recent crust down 50-60cm. I got a sudden planar result at 15 taps down 30-40cm. Given that was not quite the aspect we were hoping to ski, I dug a second pit that was north/northwest-facing. Another sudden planar result down 30-40cm this time at 8 taps. Ultimately, we bailed on the skiing the chute. Sun popped out as soon as we transitioned and we enjoyed sunny pow through the trees instead. Trees and cliffs started shedding almost instantly. It was 6 or 7 degrees by the time we got to the car.

April Snow

Published: Apr 14th, 2026

Low clouds and flat light kept us in the trees. We stayed mindful of, and kept our distance from, overhead cornices and alpine slopes where wind slabs were forming. It snowed all day, leaving 11 cm of fresh snow on top of old, hard‑packed surfaces. Access was great, as always.

Easter Mashed potatoes at Murray

Published: Apr 5th, 2026

Very warm conditions at Murray, decent skiing in the morning turing to mashed potatoes as soon as the sun was up. The bowl is getting skied out. Observed lots of tree bombs, pinwheels and one small wet loose. 12*C at the car at 2pm ~1300m. No easter eggs were found but lots of evidence of bunnies in the alpine!

Two Sisters

Published: Apr 4th, 2026

We rode off the North face of two sisters peak. Had great riding and stable conditions for most of the run into the bowl. The first 10m of the decent were windefected and not great skiing. On our approach we assessed the steep north aspect of the south eastern ridge and found that the new storm snow ( 10-20 cms depending on wind loading) Was well bonded on slopes <40 deg. On slopes >40deg there was minor sluffing on the crust layer from the previous warming cycle. We approached the summit via the southeastern ridge. South aspects from the ridge top had a 5-10cm layer of facets under 5cms of fresh snow. This area had slab propagation of about 1-1.5 m near the ridge top. We also found more faceting on area with thin snow pack and near protruding rocks on both north and south aspects.

Sluff to face

Published: Apr 4th, 2026

We found the crust at all elevations with 10-45cm of light unconsolidated snow in most places. It was cloudy and snowing until mid day. Then visibility increased and we had moments of warm sunshine. There was obvious wind loading and cornices on most north-east ish aspects. What wasn't wind loaded along ridge top was scoured. All steep slopes were sluffing below our tracks and traveling quite far. Skiing diminished on solar aspects and everywhere else heat of the day, getting quite wet. ....as forecasted. It even went into the face.

Mica Mt.

Published: Apr 3rd, 2026

Observed widespread evidence of previous Avy cycle on PWL(Feb 7). Mod gusting ridge top wind and snow transport(HN 15 cm) is developing new WS in Alp and upper TL. Sled cuts and test slopes had no results. Targeted Feb 7th MFcr, found down 110 with laminated crust complex below. Mod test results on this crust complex.

Ellie Trudo

Published: Apr 3rd, 2026

Went up to above tree-line towards Ellie Trudo, we saw a large older cornice failure on the first steep face towards ellie trudo peak, just created large holes and no slab was triggered, we observed a sz 1 loose wet that also looked initiated by small cornice on the Mica mountain S facing chutes, we also saw a sz1 wind slab that looked like it failed within 24-48 hours down in the valley, we ski cutting along some smaller steep convex features and was only able to get thin 5-10cm pockets of windslab from the newly distributed snow. The large avalanches that I posted last week looked to have run to historical maximums as we could see debris on the opposite side of the valley in large trees! Trees were bombing all day as it was quite warm out there, winds seemed to come in periodically between longer calm spells

Ski it like it's Friday

Published: Apr 2nd, 2026

"We learned from last week's ski day and chose a north-facing slope today. Here, we found soft snow over a well-consolidated snowpack. We didn't see or feel any wind slabs where we were. As a result, we felt comfortable stepping out and skiing Alpine and steep Treeline terrain today. The visibility was in and out; we managed to time our lap with some better light. It was calm out, even at ridge crest."

Tuesday Traveling

Published: Mar 31st, 2026

There is still a deep winter snowpack at Treeline and up. We had easy, if firm travel, conditions that let us range far. In open areas there was just a few centimeters new over hard old snow. We did find some pockets of deeper powder in sheltered trees. The wind was light and not moving snow. After testing some smaller features, we felt comfortable moving into steeper terrain, though we stayed mindful of what was overhead.

Etch-A-Sketch Glades

Published: Mar 29th, 2026

15cm fesh,w average run depth of 25cm since fri night. Last week's rain/heat crust was supportive. With great skiing from 2000m down to about 1400. Some settlement felt below 1600 on the uptrack.

Murray Delivers

Published: Mar 28th, 2026

Toured Murray today. Found up to 35cms on the old crust. North aspects skied great and did not show much signs of wind effect. East aspects where we toured back up were wind affected. Became very difficult to skin on near ridge top. Not much for signs of instability today. Some minor sloughing on steepers sections of our runs.

South Valemount skiing

Published: Mar 27th, 2026

We skied in avalanche paths from the top and did not find any wind slab, there was a failure plane about 5-10cm above the crust however it was very stubborn and we did not get any cracking on steep slopes, the snow was becoming sun affected. A small sun crust was present. We skied East/ENE facing terrain, crust was present to 2100M above 1900M it became easy ish to break through with pole probes. Snow was not wind affected at all and PP was still the surface form until ridge crest. The alpine slopes above looked very loaded See photos for large suspect Persistent Slab in surrounding BC, and there were a few storm slab/Wind slabs as well.

Sunny and Fresh Powder

Published: Mar 25th, 2026

Snowmobiling in mellow terrain. Roughly 30-40 cm of new snow from last night. It was sunny but did not notice any warming trends. We did notice two avalanches less then 0.5 size had occurred, but we don’t know if they were human triggered or natural. On wind loaded slopes there was small cracking around the skis.

Hide and seek

Published: Mar 25th, 2026

We choose to ride at Treeline due to low clouds and intermittent flurries limiting Alpine visibility. In the trees, we found 30 cm of new, soft snow over a 20 cm thick hard crust. That crust was well bonded to the snowpack so our primary avalanche concern remained the new snow, particularly where westerly winds were loading it onto steep slopes.

It's Snowing

Published: Mar 24th, 2026

With low visibility and possible storm slabs in the Alpine we choose to ski in the trees. At Treeline we found up to 40 cm soft snow over last week's crust. The winds were light and the snowfall increased through the day.

Mt. Murray

Published: Mar 21st, 2026

We rode the North and SW aspects of Murray Peak. We accessed the Peak via jubilee drainage and the southern ridge. 1700m and above had a prominent crust with ~10cm of fresh light snow on top. Sluffing was a common occurrence on slopes >/=35 deg.

Back in Barkerville

Published: Mar 19th, 2026

With the freezing level at and above Treeline since last Monday, we headed out with low expectations and a cautious mindset. The well maintained Barkerville snowmobile trail got us quickly past BTL and into the Treeline on Bald Mountain where the riding was decent. We found 20 cm dense moist powder over a supportive snowpack that let us easily put an edge in and have fun in small features. Digging down we found the storm slab in test results so we kept our distance from steep overhead slopes. There was a moderate wind from the south west but it was not enough to move the heavy snow.

Raft mtn

Published: Mar 16th, 2026

ECT no results CT e3 25cm ST PC CT m16 35cm ST PC from previous week CT h30 50cm ST PC from previous week or two Test pit on 25degree slope We remote triggered the ST on the cutbank while riding by on the road at 1850m on a SE to E aspect. 25cm slab that propagated about 15m across

Back again

Published: Mar 15th, 2026

Back again for a ski tour at Murray. It was chilly (-13 at truck) and partly sunny with winds increasing all day. At 1,760m we found 15cms sitting on top of a very light crust that dissipated as we got higher and was not noticeable while skiing until 1,620m. 60cms to the next crust. 190cms total. All made for some great turns.

Field Follow Up

Published: Mar 13th, 2026

We spent the day at Lucille for our “Choose Your Own Adventure” outreach event. We had a great day teaching a small group about snowpack structure, how to apply the avalanche bulletin to the terrain, a companion rescue refresher, and to show people the many facets of our job. At 12:30pm at 1850 m the temperature was -8 and it was snowing lightly. It was calm at lower elevations, however the wind was light from the south at ridgetop. The wind was lightly transporting some of the soft snow along ridge lines. There was 3 cm of new snow from the overnight. We observed no new avalanches throughout the day, and had no results from any of snow pit tests. Thanks to everyone that came out to participate, it was a great day. And a huge thank you to Halo Contracting for all of your hard work, it doesn’t go unnoticed - we appreciate it! The trail up was freshly groomed and in great shape.

Lucille Snow Displacement Analysis

Published: Mar 10th, 2026

Today we went to the Lucille riding area to assess the effect of the weekend's warming and the new snow on the current snowpack. As we moved through the terrain, we observed many natural cornice failures that most likely fell in the past 48-72 hours, as well as a few older crowns that were getting filled in by the wind, but noticed no new avalanches from the past 24-48 hours. When we dug into the snow we found 24 cm of softer snow on the surface sitting on a layer of denser snow. This softer snow has been redistributed by wind at higher elevations. There is a melt freeze crust down 90 cm in the snowpack with facets sitting above it. We currently have no concerns with the mid and lower snowpack. In our snowpit tests we had a moderate and hard result on the crust/facet layer. At 1:00 pm at 2000 m the temperature was -9 and the wind was light-moderate from the SW at ridgetop. We observed snow transport at ridgetop, but nothing at lower elevations. We were happy to see the sun peaking out from the broken cloud cover throughout the day.

Shank Min1

Published: Mar 2nd, 2026

OurMin

Published: Mar 5th, 2026

Independent weather observation: Temperature at 1:20 -2.6 at 2000m on a sw aspect Dug a pit at 1975m on SE aspect, 1975m SE aspect Test 1: ECT- no result CT 23 down 35mm, sudden collapse on WS Test 2: Modified deep tap test (65cm below surface level) Depth hoar found at 100cm (6mm crystals) ECT 16 SP

Jubilation

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

Some signs of warming in the afternoon. No other signs of instability where we were skinning and skiing, but we heard a few small natural avalanches nearby. About 40 cm of fresh snow. Sun crust beginning to form on south facing slopes at/above tree line.

Lots of signs of slides

Published: Mar 1st, 2026

Lots of signs of slides and felt whooping of the snow. Did not witness any slides or cracking.

The Goods

Published: Mar 1st, 2026

Toured Murray today and skied the north facing bowl. Started off at -6C at the truck. Lots of fresh snow. Did not measure but it was plenty deep. Trail breaking was knee deep in most places and hip deep in deeper pockets. All made for some excellent skiing. Noticed a few whumpfs in the lower meadows of the bowl (1,700m) likely due to underlying alder. Temps warmed up throughout the day and noticed snowball snow on our way out at approximately 1,580m and got progressively worse as we got to the bottom. Truck at the temp at +4C when we got back around 3:30pm.

Backcountry Skiing at Grizzly Den

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

Snowed all week before our trip. Continued to snow all 3 days we where at grizzly den. Storm total was around 145cm of fresh pow. The snow layers seemed to bond very well together and no significant temperature changes as it stayed around -10 to -15. Strong wind from the northwest on our final day. Skied in the steep trees all day. No signs of avalanches. Stayed away from exposed alpine slopes.

Natural slide in oasis

Published: Mar 1st, 2026

Natural slide in oasis

Published: Mar 1st, 2026

Lots of natural activity out there!

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

Awesome day in the mountains, full reset. Observed many size 2 avalanches on East facing slopes approx 1800m, 70-80cm deep. Most likely on MFcr. This cycle was a continuous band across mountain ranges. Stay safe out there!

Brewtiful day

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

Was a better than expected mission. Snow conditions were surprisingly good. Recent wind definitely hammered things that were exposed, but protected areas were optimal. Definitely exercising conservative terrain management. This years snowpack is too spooky to trust even the most advanced pit tests.

Trudeau

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

No concerns below treeline.

Pre-storm pow

Published: Feb 22nd, 2026

Somewhat obsolete information now, but great snow on north aspect. Snowing lots at end of day. Bad wind effect at ridge top. Triggered a big (15m radius) buried weak layer collapse with 1 skier weight but angle not steep enough for it to matter. Could develop into future issue.

Devils canyon

Published: Feb 25th, 2026

Devils canyon on hwy 26 6 km west of Wells is well below Treelines at about 4,500’. However 40 cm or more of new snow getting heavy as zero approached. Snow is completely unattached to the crust layer from the long dry spell. Sluffs without effort. Natural slab moving on very low angle slopes (see pic). Whomping and remote triggering visible in semi open terrain but we didn’t set any slides ourselves as we were skiing in heavy trees for the most part, but it signals caution. Boilerplate layer often with frost crystals will take some strange machinations to ever attach itself to this deep storm snow.

Rd 80

Published: Feb 22nd, 2026

First trip in the local hills. Lots of wind effect today, odd SE wind. Did ski cut a pocket of storm slab on firm surface down 50 cm, and cracking BTL open glade NE asp. HS = 170 cm at 1700 m, 220 cm at treeline.

Yanks Peak

Published: Feb 21st, 2026

January hoar frost exposed its self as I cut this unsupported slope on the trail. We rode all over yanks with zero other sign of instability.

Boy howdy

Published: Feb 12th, 2026

Breakable crust at 1560m , hand shear found Jan 28 SH down 35. Not seeing anything go on this layer yet ¿strange¿ melt freeze crust above (10cm down) it which might be bridging this layer, for now.. 2000m wind effected and large cornices on North - NE faces. Felt one small settlement in an isolated area. Above 1600m the crust was barley felt and the skiing was surprisingly AWESOME! Lil sporty getting out through the timber at the bottom. Get after it folks =D

Raft Mountain, Wells Grey

Published: Feb 11th, 2026

Went to Middle Mountain on Raft Mountain in Wells Grey Park, skiing North and East aspect using Simple and Challenging terrain up to 35 degrees. We travelled up to 2000 meters. -10 to -3 during the day. HS at 1600meters is 175cm. At 1730 meters, NE aspect, this was the snowpack structure. HS: 225cm 3mm to 15mm SH on the surface is widespread. FC Crust (Feb 7) down 20cm SH 10-15mm (Jan 26) down 50cm Well, settle snowpack below Test result showed: CTM 11 SP down 58 cm on SH (9-20mm) CTH 21 SP down 58 cm on SH (9-20mm) At 2000 meters, East aspect: CTH 25 Br down 55 on facet. No surface hoar observed in this location. No new avalanche observed

Barkerville Breeze

Published: Feb 11th, 2026

At the Barkerville riding area, we found 30 cm of soft snow sitting over last week’s crust. The new snow was being actively transported by wind onto north-facing slopes, and we could see wind slabs building in real time. We started cautiously, riding small test rolls to see how the snow was reacting. When we didn’t observe any cracking or wind slab pockets release, we gradually stepped up into larger features. We also dug a pit to examine the recent melt-freeze crusts and assess how well they were bonding to the snowpack. The February crust didn’t have a slab over it yet, and our sleds were riding through it. The January crust was easy to spot, and we were surprised to find some preserved surface hoar in the north-facing profile. Despite that, our tests didn’t produce any concerning results.

Crystal ridge recky

Published: Feb 7th, 2026

Short day sledding to the top of Crystal ridge to assess snow conditions. (And practice snowmobiling driving!) FL was about 1500m. Once at the top of the ridge, it was S1. We quickly dug a pit at 2000m, ridge top TL location slope angle was 20. HS 180. CTM14 RP down 25 on Jan 28 SH sz 10+. (X2)

Garbage town

Published: Feb 7th, 2026

Terrible snow quality. Freezing level dropped at like 2pm, started puking. No result on an open south face.

Spring called...Lucille answered

Published: Feb 5th, 2026

We spent the day sledding in Lucille and it definitely felt more like spring than early February. Travel conditions were great, but warm temperatures have us shifting our mindset to spring avalanche problems. Temps hit around 5°C in the shade and closer to 8°C in the sun by mid-day. Things peaked around noon, then started to cool by about 2 p.m., which helped take the edge off the warming effects on the snow. We saw plenty of snow pinballing down slopes, especially off rocky outcrops that were soaking up the heat. We half-expected cornices along the ridgelines to start failing during the warmest part of the day, but that didn’t materialize. Spring-style avalanche hazards look like they’ll stick around for a few more days, before a hopeful return to more winter-like conditions.

Mount Milhouse

Published: Feb 4th, 2026

It was pretty quiet at Allen Creek today. Seeing +7°C at the parking lot definitely gave us pause, but temps dropped to a pleasant +1°C around 1800 m, and a cool breeze kept the snow from getting too wet. Travel was easy with 20–50 cm of storm snow sitting on a decomposing crust. We poked around looking for surface hoar at treeline and in the alpine. It was present and notable (20+ mm) in sheltered treeline areas and largely blown away or degraded higher up. Test results on that layer were moderate to hard at both elevations. We didn’t see any new natural avalanches, though trees were shedding snow and there was some minor pinballing on solar aspects by early afternoon. All in all, with slightly above-freezing temps and a cooling wind, the snow stayed surprisingly good for sledding all day. Better than expected—which we’ll happily take as a win.

Chappell sledding area

Published: Feb 2nd, 2026

Raining from valley bottom to 1600m all day. Above 1700m the snow quality was excellent with an average of 50 cm of recent HST over the Jan 28th SH/MFcr layer. Some whoomphing in a few open meadows were heard but significant lack of natural activity around. We observed minimal cracking today and all Test profile produce no significant results on the Jan 28. We were able Sc some very small avalanches at Ridge Crest on Lee slopes. These pockets lacked in energy to be able to propagate over features. Overall it feels like there’s either a lack of slab property where the SH was preserved and/or where we found wind slabs today the surface hoar was previously destroyed by the wind. We skied three Simple runs at TL and BTL where most features could only produce smaller then sz.2 avalanches.

Questionable slide at mt mendela

Published: Jan 20th, 2026

Observed debris from a size 1.5 to 2 avalanche. Approximately 24-48 old. North facing slope. Sled lumby ski area.

Bring your crampons!

Published: Jan 17th, 2026

Beautiful day for a walk, snow quality was as expected. A thick 5cm crust was present at all elevations overlying compact snow which made for terrible skiing. No signs of instability. Creek was relatively frozen over and a we able to exit out the first drainage

Sugar bowl

Published: Jan 11th, 2026

Warm weather conditions. Plus 1 at truck beginning of the day rising 2 to 4 degrees in afternoon. Wet snow conditions in trees until getting above 1250m. 10-15 cm of residual power on top of firm snow pack above 1250. No signs of instability in trees. The chute/slide area had several slides in and above the chute. Large release 0.75 to 1m in depth within the chute. Top 70 m of slide area was still holding snow. I avoided avalanche terrain and rode trees.

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