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Avalanche Forecast
Published: Apr 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wet Slabs, Loose Wet, Cornices.
Published: Apr 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Cornices.
Published: Apr 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
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: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 5th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Apr 1st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 31st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 30th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
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: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, 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, Wind 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, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025Slab reaction
Snowmobile/human triggered: Rode up the drainage. Went to turn around due to lack up snow, snowmobile hit the side of the drainage that’s when the fracture occurred. Approx 50Ft in length, approx 50 CM depth. We rode meadows all day, dipped into trees to check snow depth, and rode conservatively due to lack of snow depth with hidden dangers under the snow (rocks, short trees)
nickstefishen,
Monday 25th December, 2023 1:10PM
Saddle Pit
north facing pit at the saddle
CTM15 RP 59cm below surface
-current forecast details were consistent with in field results
info,
Friday 15th December, 2023 11:10AM
Kingfisher/Owlhead
Several similar avalanches observed on all aspects at 2200m
info,
Friday 8th December, 2023 8:40AM
Exploratory Ski at Mara Mountain Lookout
Wet. Skiable above 1800m, skiable with the ability to turn and not just immediately scratch ur bases probably above 1900m. Never actually deep tho
tarfeef101,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:38PM
Tilly lakes
<p>Good snow in the trees above 1600m and on shady aspects. The rest was crusty on the surface up to our high point of 2000 m. Above 1800m it was thin enough that it wasn’t too noticeable on the sled. Sun felt hot but air was cool enough that crusts were still intact by the time we were headed out around 3 but we weren’t on steep solars.
Previous days’ loose dry and loose wet visible but the only new activity we observed was small point releases out of extreme cliffy terrain.</p>
Arienne Hanna,
Wednesday 5th April, 2023 6:00PM
Dry snow on north aspects
<p>Lots of evidence of small loose wet and loose dry avalanches out of steep east to west aspects, suspected to have run naturally the previous day.
Snow was running loose dry in top 10cm with skier traffic on north aspects, no cracking or propagation.
When we went onto westerly aspects below 2100m the surface was crusty.
Cornices were relatively small and well-supported.</p>
arienne.hanna,
Wednesday 5th April, 2023 6:30AM
The Womb
<p>Toured up the Fingers and skied the Womb down today. Lots of sun and no wind on the ridge line. We measured a temperature of 0 C at 2100 meters in the shade. Snow was preserved on polar aspects however previous skier traffic made for a variable ski down the Womb. No evidence of avalanches from the last 24 hours but found some old debris in the guts of the womb. Saw several small cornice failures that did not trigger slabs below them.</p>
lbaker,
Wednesday 29th March, 2023 4:10PM
Mt Macpherson The Fingers
<p>The up track is in good shape, the main chute has been skied out, wind and sun effected. Good base with a thin sun crust. Some untracked powder in a few spots. The picture is from last spring this time, be aware the run out on the up track can be significant.</p>
smsettler,
Wednesday 22nd March, 2023 6:10PM
MacPherson
<p>pit at 1950m, north
new/old interface down 20cm, failed on shear
buried SH down 50cm CTH 28 Q2, ECTN
the layers are evident but unreactive, failing on shear only</p>
whiteroomadventures,
Saturday 18th March, 2023 8:30PM
Alternative womb beta
<p>Attempted McPherson from the north but the clouds and wind had other plans.
The wind effect in the alpine is substantial and has moved every last bit of transportable snow. Good skiing below tree line.
There were ten or so other tracks in the womb today.
</p>
shadcollins5,
Saturday 4th March, 2023 5:40PM
Big words like: propagation propensity and special variability
<p>Amazing day in the womb with a big crew (7 people). Great skiing all the way down the womb. Minor slugging on steeper slopes. RP on a CT and a RP on a ECTP down 40 storm snow. Both failures were quite resistant and mostly low density snow on top of the wind slab. Probed an HS of 250 on the fingers ridge and ~250 at the top of the womb.
2 people had skied before us so there are quite a few tracks in the womb now but still good skiing!
Also, the up track up to the ridge of the fingers is amazing. Kudos to whoever put that in.</p>
the.gorge.goblin,
Wednesday 1st March, 2023 6:20PM
Fuzzy Knob Trail Breaking Crew
<p>Made it out of hibernation from the gorge to ski some decent powder on fuzzy know. We experienced many shooting cracks and slabs on the way down but nothing had the momentum to run larger than a size 1. Ski cut a convex roll and had some shooting cracks but again, no momentum and limited propagation. Steeper terrain would most likely have more impressive results. Time to go back into hibernation at the gorge. PF 60+ cm SP 40 cm
Much love,
The Gorge Goblin</p>
the.gorge.goblin,
Sunday 26th February, 2023 8:20PM
Burnt Knob
ds.healey,
Sunday 26th February, 2023 8:00AM
Almost too deep
<p>We had an amazing day on Begbie Shoulder, with bottomless powder that made me wish I had fatter skis. It was snowing lightly all day and was quite windy at ridge top so we found an alternate way into our our line to avoid the loaded start zones. At treeline and below we saw some very small slabs in the top 10cm, but nothing to be overly concerned about. We also witnessed a very large sluff come off some rocky cliffs around 330pm.</p>
axcooper,
Monday 20th February, 2023 12:00PM
I like deep snow and I cannot lie
<p>I like this snow. It was the type of snow that when you make a turn, you disappear into the abyss and get lost in hyperspace.
30-35 new cms on burnt knob today. Lots of fast running sluff up to size 1-1.5. On solar aspects there was a sun crust that created a nice surface for the new snow to slide on. Temps warmed up as the day went on.
Watch out for the nordic mob down at the base. 400 Nordic skiers will make you feel considerably slower than you already are.
</p>
kykliss,
Friday 17th February, 2023 10:20PM
Mt Macpherson The Fingers
<p>No visible or audible signs of avalanche activity. Stopped half way down for an equipment adjustment, had a ski off and standing on the snow pack, base was solid. </p>
smsettler,
Tuesday 14th February, 2023 4:00PM
Fingers
<p>The snow was heavy and gloppy at the base of MacPherson, but the riding was still great.</p>
Demonic Pancake,
Sunday 12th February, 2023 8:10PM
Burnt Knob
ds.healey,
Saturday 11th February, 2023 10:00PM
Ride smarter, To ride harder
<p>With stability being in the foreground of everyone’s mind these day I feel we travelled conservatively gain confidence as the day went on. The group looked at larger open slopes and made a good call and said there is no point. Let get up to the ridge from a less exposed route. Which proved to be more fun anyways. It may have been a steeper chute style feature but it was much lower consequence. Don’t let your guard down out there. Things feel pretty set up right now. But I think it’s too soon to be Getting to comfortable on the big slopes. We definitely pushed the limits today getting into tight steep slopes but overall things felt really good. When digging a test holes along the way found a crust down 20 from a warming event sitting between to big unconsolidated storm layers. Surfacehoar/facet layers we closer to 200cm down. No tests done as there was close to a 1m of fresh snow in the area. </p>
brad@avaware,
Saturday 11th February, 2023 8:00AM
Burnt knob storm slab
ppenheimer,
Friday 10th February, 2023 3:00PM
MacPhearson
<p>MacPhearson summit via the west ridge. Avoided wind-loaded slopes in the alpine. No signs of instability in the trees. Snow quality good between 1500 and 2200m. </p>
jfloyer,
Sunday 29th January, 2023 5:20PM
Shoulder shmoo
<p>We went for a jaunt up to Begbie shoulder today to hunt for surface hoar. We found that there is a crust under the most recent storm snow at 1500 m and below. The surface snow was moist up to about 1800 m. In the forest the evidence of the recent wind was shown in the form of many tree bombs and lots of woody debris. Once you reach the ridge top the recent winds had filled the previous tracks as well as built some new winds slabs in the lee that were 10 - 30cm thick. While we were unable to find the surface hoar in the exact places we dug today, the avalanche evidence lately suggests it is still out there. We chose a conservative line down through the trees and enjoyed our "coastal powder" </p>
forecaster,
Thursday 26th January, 2023 3:50PM
Mt Hall
<p>Spent the day sledding up to Mt Hall. Great powder riding where untracked. Dug a test profile at roughly 2100 m on a Northeast aspect, with no significant results observed. Generally, low-density powder snow overlays a firm, well-consolidated mid-pack. While probing we could feel the November facet layer 20 to 40 cm above the ground. </p>
forecaster,
Monday 23rd January, 2023 5:00PM
Begbie Shoulder Sled ski
<p>Sled skied Begbie shoulder, there was a surface crust up to about 1400 m and soft snow above that. We remained in the relatively dense trees due to the various layers in the snowpack, though we didnt see signs of recent avalanche activity in the adjacent larger bowls. Ski penetration was about 30 cm, leading to some fun skiing.</p>
mconlan,
Wednesday 18th January, 2023 3:40PM
Five Fingers Slide
smileymark,
Saturday 14th January, 2023 4:30PM
Fuzzy Knob
<p>ECTN 16 progressive collapse 50cm down on surface hoar</p>
Dan Taylor,
Monday 9th January, 2023 5:20PM
Sledding Joss
<p>We noticed this on our way out around 14:00 from a kilometer away. We rode near it and did a beacon search just to confirm it was clear. We hope no one got injured. Stay safe out there </p>
mlduq,
Monday 2nd January, 2023 7:30PM
Sudden collapse results at 1300 meters on Mount Macpherson
Frederick Amyot,
Tuesday 27th December, 2022 6:15PM
Moist moist moist
<p>Started in the morning few degree below 0 with ice pellets precipitation. Turned to rain after a few hours and stop a bit after 12. A rain crust start to form below 1300m. Above 1300 was just really wet and sticky. Surprisingly, the snow felt pretty stable and felt like it was bonding relatively well. No sign of cracking but one relatively loud whumpf. We stick to low consequence terrain.</p>
Alex Gosselin,
Monday 26th December, 2022 6:50PM
dont pee on the skin track
<p>Needs more snow, no obvious signs of instability.</p>
bengodwin123,
Friday 16th December, 2022 4:10PM
Macpherson
<p>Cold morning and rapid warming temps on solar asps</p>
ttrgrant,
Friday 16th December, 2022 2:30PM
Sled/boarding
<p>Lots of cracking and slides today. Triggered by snowboarder and remote trigger. Big storm slabs roughly 60 cm depth sitting on surface hoar. Snow is easily and fast moving. </p>
marie.eve.gin,
Saturday 10th December, 2022 8:20PM
Spicy on the Shoulder
<p>Sled skiing up on Begbie Shoulder today, things got electric! As we ascended the ridge we felt several large settlements. Warm temperatures throughout the day caused rapid settlement in the upper storm snow. We played it quite safe and stuck to lower-angle tree skiing, but any small steep rolls above 35 degrees produced small slab avalanches on a storm interface down 20 cm or a surface hoar layer down 40 cm. Nov 21st interface showed propagating results in snowpack tests down 110cm. Things really changed out there today, play safe!</p>
zryan,
Saturday 10th December, 2022 5:20PM
My McPherson South West Shoulder
<p>Nearly 30 cm of fresh snow in the last 48 hrs</p>
keenan.simpson1999,
Monday 28th November, 2022 9:30AM