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Windslab

Published: Apr 17th, 2026

Wet and loose in Rudi's

Published: Apr 15th, 2026

Saw several wet loose slides on the North sides of Redemption ridge and this picture from Rudi North. Fresh snow on top of the crust layer was reactive.

Fresh cornice debris on ozone north

Published: Apr 11th, 2026

Saw some major fiat- vw beetle sized cornice debris off of ozone north today. Didn't go up to it or get a picture but we all thought it looked like it had fallen today.

Sticky snow is still fun

Published: Apr 2nd, 2026

Cloudy day with very light snowfall that turned into sunshine around 2pm. No wind all day and temperatures near or just above 0 with snow melting on the skis even on ridge tops. Pretty sticky but consistent and predictable everywhere we went. Creeks are starting to open up at valley bottoms with holes that are mot always easy to see. Nothing much to report here except that the stoke was high among most parties that we saw/heard and skiing is still very fun!

Cornices are live

Published: Mar 31st, 2026

Went into Canyon Creek via Christmas shoot on Ozone. First skier of our group remote triggered a cornice failure over Toilet Bowl by skiing a little to close to a previously opend gap in the cornice that was hidden/covered again by recent snowfall. The crack propagated about 10m to break off maybe 6-8 meters of the cornice at the north end of it. By the late afternoon a new hole had opened up. The debris did not slide very far and was sitting at the start of the choke. Found a few very small windloaded pockets that had showed shooting cracks of max 1m on ridges in windy areas while going uphill. Did not notice any other concerns. Canyon Creek was skiing great with a little crust noticable on the way up. Sun was shining most of the day with short cloudy periods. Did not notice the crust on the way down but the snow got heavy and sticky below 2100m. Only windy near and on ridge tops with temperatures reaching a high of about -5C in the sun with no wind. Today felt like some good ol' spring skiing.

Long way around

Published: Mar 26th, 2026

Went the long way around and saw lots of old debris from last week. Skiing was great, even with a very noticeable and unbreakable crust below 1900m. About 10cm on top of that so lightfooded skiing worked out well but turned a bit sketchy when going fast. Windy close to and on ridge tops but generally a nice day with the sun poking out once in a while between some light snowfall periods. Didn't notice any instabilities and found the snow very stable in most aspects. Sunshine was starting to bake the snow a little again in the afternoon. Not as much in Canyon Creek slid as we expected but almost all of the Holt Lake bowl and valley including Repeater north. Debris are huge, rock solid and sometimes hidden under the tiniest layer of snow to make for some intense travel and close calls. Cornices are gigantic right now.

Rudi rudi rudi rudi aha aha ahaaa

Published: Mar 25th, 2026

Very good day with good stability even in the steep shoot on Ozone and only very little sluffing. Limited visibility in the morning which cleared up around 12/1pm. Had a couple of little cracks in the steeps around the bolder fields in Rudi's bowl. Going up to Rudi's ridge we could feel a light wind crust a couple of cm down that wasn't noticeable on the down. Lots of wind yesterday in the resort, not as much today but with a few stronger gusts. Rudi's south was probably as good as it gets today but might get a bit of a sun crust by tomorrow.

Backyard after the river

Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

McLean

Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

Witnessed large natural avalanche release from top alpine ridge under cornice, propagate the whole bowl, travel into alpine bowl continue to lower ridge and cause another avalanche, that propagated the whole ridge. Suspect cause was wind

KHMR Slack Damage Assessment

Published: Mar 21st, 2026

McLean

Published: Mar 21st, 2026

Went out mainly to check conditions after this atmospheric river. These avalanches must have happened in the last 12 to 24 hours. Also observed many other avalanches on all aspects and various sizes

Slack slab

Published: Mar 17th, 2026

Rudi's North

Published: Mar 17th, 2026

Windslabs / Crossloading

Published: Mar 16th, 2026

Wind slabs Galore

Published: Mar 16th, 2026

Clamshell Photos (from KHMR)

Published: Mar 15th, 2026

Adding photos of the slide on the clamshell from today as I don't see any on here yet. I was told there were 2 tracks exiting.

Lang Shoulder Large Natural on 2 aspects

Published: Mar 13th, 2026

We were the first group into the zone since the last snow Thursday morning. Assuming this very large natural avalanche occurred in the storm.

Molar’s South Wind Slab on Facet

Published: Mar 12th, 2026

Standard slack journey to get to Molar’s North - Toblerone. As we booted across Molar’s ridge, we assesed the snow pack on the south face, eastern aspect. 40cm ish wind slab on facet layer. This is up high on the ridge and eastern aspect. Southern aspects on slack ridges have proven to be stable. This portion of the ridge doesnt have much rider compaction. We were dropping North but these pits made our travel more cautious.

Great snow

Published: Mar 11th, 2026

Gorman -

Published: Mar 7th, 2026

Environmental Conditions & Snowpack Extreme wind conditions were observed, with gusts exceeding 70 km/h. The weather was characterized by a storm cycle producing light-to-moderate snowfall, resulting in a total accumulation of approximately 8 cm. Post-midday, significant wind transport (blowing snow) began to redistribute this fresh load. Avalanche Characteristics The combination of new precipitation and high-velocity winds resulted in the rapid development of a reactive wind slab. Trigger: Human-initiated (Snowmobile) Dimensions: Approximately 100 meters wide (equivalent to a football field). Crown Depth: 45–60 cm (1.5 to 2 ft). Composition: Storm-snow accumulation and wind-drifted deposits. Involvement & Rescue A party of five riders was on-site at the time of the release. The slide resulted in one full burial. Burial Depth: Total burial (depth to top of helmet). Equipment: Both the rider and the snowmobile were fully interred. Rescue: The group performed a successful extraction; the subject was recovered in under 60 seconds. Key Technical Takeaways Rapid Loading: The transition from snowfall to wind-driven transport after lunch created a "hair-trigger" slab over a relatively short period. Slab Thickness: A 2-foot crown suggests significant wind-loading efficiency, even with only 8 cm of base snowfall.

So Good We Did It Thrice

Published: Mar 8th, 2026

After having a bit of time on Rudi's North (2x slide) we moved over to Mollar's South and had nothing but that fresh powder laps. Moving East to West along the ridge. Some wind-affect on the lee side but no reactivity. Snow was incredible, light and unconsolidated across all our laps. We made use of the late sunset. weather report said ~17+ cm new snow. Felt a lot deeper.

Rudi's Double Rip

Published: Mar 8th, 2026

17+ cm of new snow today in the slack. Felt like a lot more. Wind was howling westerly on the ridge tops. Released two wind slabs in Brazillian Rudi's N. South aspect of Rudi looked amazing. Lots of traffic. Keep those North aspect chutes in mind if you head out into the slack 03/09

Gorman Lake

Published: Mar 8th, 2026

Wind Slabs in Brazillian

Published: Mar 8th, 2026

PWL still persistent

Published: Mar 5th, 2026

CTE4 (SC) down 50cm on SH20 feb. 14 ECTP13 (SP) down 50 cm on SH20 feb. 14 About 5cm of 4F FC sit on top of the Feb 14 SH layer, currently down between 40-60cm below treeline. Still showing surprisingly easy and concerning results on this interface. Was not able to trigger the January layer that was buried down about 1m.

KHMR Backcountry

Published: Mar 1st, 2026

Beautifull day in the backcountry with -8 degrees Celsius at 0956 at 2028m at TL. We heard a couple of Whoumfs while stepping on small buried trees skinning up. We saw 2 size 2-2.5 wind slab avalanches on SE aspects in the alpine that were probably about 48h old with the last storm. No signs of new avalanches from the day. Skied NE, E and SE slopes from TL to BTL. Found a sun crust on SE aspects starting to get thicker but not affecting the skiing to much yet. The rest of the aspects were deep powder turns.

Kicking Horse Slack

Published: Mar 1st, 2026

Sledder

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

We rode most of the day no issues. We were able to get some action on a couple small hills with a 20-30cm sluffing

Rudis South avalanche activity

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

Rudis South

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

Skiing Rudis south was excellent, busy day in the area. Storm snow made for spectacular riding and I saw no shooting cracks, whumpfing or other concerns during my laps. Noticed a very wide crown close to the cliffs on the far lookers left of Rudis South. Looks to have been natural, caused by snow sluffing off the cliffs but the crown was quite wide. It looked to be all storm snow, and did not step down to deeper layers. No skier involvement from what I could see.

Slack Country off Terminator 2, Golden, BC.

Published: Feb 24th, 2026

Location: Slack Country (out of bounds) off Terminator 2 at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Avalanche type: Slab avalanche, human-triggered. Involvement: 1 caught and carried ~200 ft; 1 person above the slide not involved. Observation: Whumpf was heard and propagating blocks were visible. Fracture/crown length estimated at ~150 ft. The caught skier was unable to ski out once propagation occurred. The skier was carried into trees, briefly buried, and sustained facial and rib injuries before coming to rest knee-deep in snow. The party self-extricated and proceeded to hospital in Golden, BC.

Poutine it all on da line?

Published: Feb 27th, 2026

Scary times in Canyon Creek

Published: Feb 26th, 2026

It was starting to feel life threatening in terrain that is usually a go to for storm skiing. On west/SW aspects between 1800-2200m we experienced extensive shooting cracks, snowpack collapses, and small slabs releasing between ski tracks in terrain under 32deg. We decided not to ski any open glades over 30deg as slab properties were increasing during the day from continued snow and wind. Several test pits (CTE/M 0-11 SP) and numerous hand shears in areas with previous skier traffic showed a very reactive layer down 40cm with 1cm of faceted sugar snow on a 2cm ice crust creating a near perfect persistent slab problem that felt primed for human triggering. I was surprised to get there results in an area that sees moderate to heavy skier traffic. Upon reflection I guess skiers didn't disturb the hard crust that the slab is reacting on even though the snow above had seen rider traffic. I will be avoiding this area for the foreseable future! Other folks had similar results on East aspects today and were feeling nervous putting in standard skin tracks treeline and below treeline Safe travel practices were utilized even in low/moderate angle trees.

It’s touchy out there!

Published: Feb 26th, 2026

As soon as we stepped into any open and connected terrain it was whumpfing steadily, accompanied with shooting crack. We were remote triggering stuff up to 100m away making anything comes and unsupported slide… some of the touchiest I’ve seen it. Surface hoar was down around 30cm

Things are Changing in the Dogtooth Range.

Published: Feb 25th, 2026

Nice day of skiing on the Molars and Repeater. Experienced extensive whumpfing and shooting cracks between 1600m and 2100m in East aspect trees failing on Jan 27th SH and facets. Good skiing on SE aspects up high with minimal wind affect despite strong gusts at ridge top. Skier triggered two size 1.5 avalanches on Jan 27 SH and facets in the boulder field at 1600m. Same avalanche reported in previous MIN. See Avalanche tab. Also witnessed result of skier accidental size 2 on North East end of Molars at 2100m reported in previous MIN. Glad everyone was ok! See photo. Things are changing out there, especially in lower elevations and areas that have seen limited skier traffic.

Molars N Sz. 2

Published: Feb 25th, 2026

Shooting everywhere around 1900

Published: Feb 22nd, 2026

Skied the slack. Up to ~1900m the snow was very sensitive on S, Se And E aspects, lots of shooting cracks and whumpfing and remote-trigered cracks. The snow was not consolidated enough to do too much after cracking, but towards the afternoon seemed to be slabbier. Higher up there was much less of that but we stayed away from the larger slopes. Fair amount of sluffing on the steeper runs.

A little wisdom on a Monday

Published: Feb 9th, 2026

Went into Canyon Creek and had a good time in a sheltered gully but it was very crusty on sun and wind exposed areas around it. Crampons are strongly recommended when skinning up through exposed sections. Very hard crust that doesn't break. Went up and over onto Molars with great snow despite a few tracks in the shute. Only a brief section of noticeable crust in the choke point but all in all a great time. Some wind on ridge top but not much anywhere else. Not too cold but still a few degrees under 0. Lots of old debris on steep west and sun exposed terrain but everything a few days old and no active instabilities to report. The ski out of Molars is getting faster and rougher with the bridge and creek crossing closest to Raceplace being very sporty at the end of a day out.

Grizzly bowl, Gorman lake

Published: Feb 6th, 2026

Unknown skier triggers avalanche in grizzly bowl/Lang/Gorman! Elev 2600 m Aspect south east Class 2. Skier carried several hundred meters

Inconsistent, Unpredictable, and Shmooey: The Snowpack (and Kootenay Men)

Published: Feb 4th, 2026

Ski tour south of Nicholson. Warm, moist, cloudy conditions at ~1500M, popping through one cloud layer at 2100M. Snow dry at 2100M on NE aspect. Consistent 10-15 cm deep Cracking off ski tips on skin track on all aspects . Chose to stay on mellower slope due to rising temperatures.

And another one

Published: Feb 3rd, 2026

Snow conditions were even better than yesterday. No wind at all and it was hard to tell if it was warmer or colder but still pretty mild with just a bit under 0. Some sun today too which was not the case yesterday. Heard and saw a size 0.5 avalanche coming down Christmas couloir around 12:20pm, see attached picture for the failure area. Some sluffing but less than yesterday. Snow got heavier around 1900m but still skied pretty well all the way down to the traverse. Some fun lines with good snow and did not notice the crust today as much as we did yesterday.

Buried surface hoar

Published: Jan 29th, 2026

Observed impressive, widespread surface hoar, which was most pronounced between 1600-1900m on the aspects we travelled (NE-E-SE) on Jan 20. On Jan 29, found it perfectly preserved under 3cm of snow. In areas around 1700m, the surface hoar reached 2-5 cm in size.

Sun and Crust in Rudi’s

Published: Jan 24th, 2026

Wind Worked Up High, Sheltered Is Better

Published: Jan 24th, 2026

We took a quick tour of Gorman Saturday morning and found widespread wind damage in the alpine. The upside is that above roughly 2100 m, strong winds have blown away the surface hoar in this part of the Dogtooths. The downside is that riding quality has taken a hit. Soft alpine snow still exists, but it took some searching. Below 2100 m, especially in wind-protected terrain, surface hoar remains loud and proud on the crust. The sun burned off the valley cloud today, making for excellent visibility. Travel conditions remain good, with the best riding found in sheltered, treed areas. We observed two Size 2 Wind Slab avalanches on an east-facing slope that appear to have released within the last 24–72 hours. A good reminder that low avalanche danger does not mean, no avalanche danger. Enjoy the sunshine out there and travel thoughtfully this weekend.

Gormania

Published: Jan 14th, 2026

Poked into Gorman today to get a feel of the effect of the warm up. Widespread natural avalanche cycle up to size 3 on all aspects in the alpine, failing in storm snow and likely Jan 2nd interface. A melt freeze crust up to 2cm thick existed from 2100-2300m. Above 2400m dry snow was found and in an elevation band between 2000-2100m we were also able to find dry snow. Solar effect was strong before noon, but high cloud kept things from falling apart in the afternoon.

Size 1.5 Soft Slab

Published: Jan 4th, 2026

Cabin Meadows

Published: Jan 3rd, 2026

Dogtooth Avalanches & Surface Hoar

Published: Dec 31st, 2025

Out for a walk in the backcountry north of Kicking Horse today, lots of people out enjoying the snow. Saw a large slab (sz2.5 out of steep, rocky terrain (see 'Avalanche' tab) that I suspect was a solar trigger today, and several thinner windslabs out of steep terrain. The clouds kept the snow surface cool until about 2pm when things got hot up high. Also worth noting was new surface hoar growing on everything between ~1900m and 2300m in the Rudis and Molars areas.

Rudy’s South, Good Snow and a Pleasant Inversion.

Published: Dec 28th, 2025

The mellow slopes skied well, was a little heavier than expected. About a foot of powder on top. Height of snow 200 cm. I measured the slope a few times 25-30 degrees. Didn’t see any avalanches. A group of riders descended the very steep Rudy’s north without issues. A few tracks on the molars, no avalanches there either. Temperature at the base was -12 area, up top was very pleasant, -5 (my guess), no wind. My placing of the pin won’t be too accurate, but this is a well know bowl just north of kickinghorse.

North cornice failure

Published: Dec 27th, 2025

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Kicking Horse

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