McBride
Avalanche Forecast
Published: Apr 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs, 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: Cornices.
Published: Apr 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs, Wind 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, Cornices, Storm Slabs.
Published: Apr 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 1st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 31st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 30th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind 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 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.
Published: Mar 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Belle Mountain Late Spring Ride
<p>Staging area is muddy but the trail is in amazing condition. Lower section barely degraded by the time we came back. Moderate to Strong SW winds with temp around 0C at the top of little Belle. Between sun and wind affects not much powdery snow to ride unless going into wind sheltered, treed areas on Notherly aspects. Highly sun affected south slopes had foot and sled penetration but not to the point that it appeared to have a destabilizing effect. Despite the conditions, it was well worth the trip just for the views and to have a pesky Ptarmigan pop up and try some parkour manouveurs off your helmet on the return trip down the trail. Sadly, this the last trip of the season for us.</p>
cjacres,
Wednesday 26th April, 2023 12:50PM
A Bit of Everything
<p>It was a little bit of everything at Lucille today. We had blue skies that quickly switched to whiteouts and cleared up again all through the day. The snow was just as inconsistent with thick crusts on southern slopes, breakable crusts and facets on western slopes and a layer of surface hoar down 25 on northern slopes in the alpine. Elevation made a big difference too! North alpine was still soft and crustless while two thin crusts were found at treeline. Below treeline the crusts grew together and got thicker and thicker until below 1600m the snow turned moist. It was a real mixed bag but riding on lower angle, northerly slope in the alpine was by far the best. </p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Wednesday 12th April, 2023 5:50PM
Nice Turns
<p>A lower hazard spring day had us keen for some bigger ski lines although we were mindful not to get lulled into complacency. We were on the look out for recent avalanche activity as we traveled up the Dore. (No new avalanches). While hiking up we continuously assessed the snowpack and weather for anything unexpected. While we did see some snow transport, the windslabs were to thin and soft to be a concern. We avoided areas where the snow goes from thick to thin, due to the deep persistant problem. We used good travel practices and spaced out. On top we had a group discussion and then skied one at a time. We found good soft turns on a 30 degree, north facing, alpine slope.
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northrockiesfieldteam,
Thursday 23rd March, 2023 5:50PM
Sunny spring ski slalom
<p>Spring sunshine had us curious how the snow was responding to the recent warmth. We
layered on the sunscreen and rode up to Bell. On sunny, south facing, slopes we found a 3cm crust all the way to the alp that made for good skiing while it was supportive. Once it started to melt we moved to shady aspects that wouldn't become hazardous with the afternoon heat. At ridge top it was a calm and balmy zero degrees.</p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Tuesday 21st March, 2023 6:00PM
Lucille mountain
krwingenbach103,
Sunday 19th March, 2023 7:40PM
Basement Spiders
northrockiesfieldteam,
Wednesday 15th March, 2023 5:10PM
Where is the wind
<p>We went to Bell thinking we would be seeing windslabs and instead found 30-50cm of blower powder. There was hardly a breath of wind so we'll be watching for wind slabs once the wind picks up. But today was just great skiing on mellow alpine slopes and steep small slopes in the trees. We didn't see any new avalanches, just old ones from during the storm.</p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Tuesday 28th February, 2023 6:40PM
Eagle Valley Feb 18-21
<p>Stayed at the Eagle Valley Cabin from February 18-21. Observed lots of debris from natural avalanche activity on both W and E aspects on the approach in the valley. We skied mainly at treeline and below treeline slopes on W and E aspects. We probed 240cm on both aspects. During our stay, it snowed all three days and accumulation was greatest on the evening of the 20th. About 30cms of low density snow fell on the evening of the 20th. Temperatures remained consistent from the 18th-20th and on the 21st, the temperature started to drop quickly with winds picking up. We completed an ECT on the 20th. The mid pack was very well consolated and on our ECT we had a resistant planar result with no propagation on the storm snow. Through the midpack it was mostly finger dense snow up until the bottom of snow the pack which was faceted. No results on the basal facets on the ECT. On the 21st, we observed a lot of natural storm slab size 1s on steeper terrain On the 20th, we heard a large avalanche but could not see where it was. On the walkout on the 21st, we came across the debris pile of a natural size 3.5 on one of the E avalanche paths in the valley. It ran to ground and we couldn't see the crown of it. Overall it was a great trip with amazing skiing.</p>
nickl,
Thursday 23rd February, 2023 9:00PM
Steep and Sheltered
<p>We went to Bell Mountain today to see how the recent winds have been affecting the storm snow. We found soft windslabs around 20cm deep that cracked under our skis along alpine ridge lines. We decided to take shelter from the strong southerly winds and moved down to some steep chutes at tree line. Here we found deep, bonded storm snow and some great skiing. </p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Friday 10th February, 2023 8:20PM
Deep with no Steep
<p>It was a powder day at Lucille with snow up to the hood of our sleds. While we didn't see any new avalanches, with plenty of new snow falling we see didn't much. We decided to give the storm snow some time to settle before venturing into bigger terrain. So we stuck to low consequence terrain like small test slopes, open trees and meadows while the new snow bonds.
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northrockiesfieldteam,
Tuesday 7th February, 2023 6:10PM
Flailing in Facets
<p>At Bell we found wind effected snow in exposed areas. We saw 2 fairly large avalanches that most likely released in the last 2 days. When we dug down to have a look we found the deep persistant weak layer of facets (sugary crystals) near the ground. This layer will likely stick around for the season and can produce avalanches where the snow is shallow around ridge crests in the alpine and tree line areas. The riding was best and safest in sheltered areas in the trees, so that's where we spent our time.
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northrockiesfieldteam,
Friday 3rd February, 2023 3:00PM
Did we just see that
<p>Was out in Lucille with a group and saw 3 natural avalanches in the alpine of storm slabs on Lee slopes. Little later in the Day watch some one pull a small avalanche out of a similar aspect slope. No one was caught in it. The snowpack was interesting in the zone, ECTP 4 down 20cm and ECTP 12 down 35 on the December Surface Hoar layer. The bottom 50cm is very faceted really giving the snowpack a very upside down look and feel. </p>
nitro,
Monday 23rd January, 2023 9:30AM
Lucille mcbride
AHub,
Monday 23rd January, 2023 8:20AM
Fast Turns in Facets
<p>We went to Bell Mountain today for some sled ski laps of the burn. We noticed southwest winds had blown the latest snowfalls into soft slabs at upper elevations. There was a small avalanche that had let go under a cornice and another that a group had cut while playing on a great little test slope along a wind lip. We chose some sheltered runs a bit lower down the slope and enjoyed a few laps of fast skiing in the fresh snow. </p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Friday 20th January, 2023 3:50PM
Optimistically Cautious
<p>It was beautiful and mild at Lucille today. We saw snow blowing into start zones, building new wind slabs, as the wind picked up in the afternoon. We witnessed some loose dry avalanches out of steep rocky terrain and we saw 2 slab avalanches from last week. Although we havent had any significant weather changes in the last few weeks we keep seeing evidence that has us choosing smaller terrain with less consequence. We are mindful of areas where the snowpack goes from thick to thin and where wind slabs can trigger deeper layers.</p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Tuesday 17th January, 2023 4:30PM
Bell Curve
<p>Persistent problems require persistent patience. Especially a weak layer in the snow pack that we can't see or feel without digging down. It's taking some commitment but we're staying away from the big steep lines and instead doing fun laps on mellow slopes.
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northrockiesfieldteam,
Friday 30th December, 2022 6:20PM
It's Nice In The Sun
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After periods of cold, clear weather the snowpack tends to become more stable. With a storm in the forecast we switch our attention to what's near and on the surface of the snow to get an idea of how new snow will stick to the old surface. Today we found small surface hoar (feathery crystals), wind swept areas (hard snow) and facets (sugary crystals). All of these are potentially future sliding layers once new snow barries them. For now, we are enjoying the little warmth the sun provides.
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northrockiesfieldteam,
Wednesday 21st December, 2022 4:50PM
There Be Sharks
<p>We had a fun day riding soft snow at Lucille. This season's snowpack is still shallow and required caution. At ridge crest most of the snow had blown away with recent winds from north and south. The wind slabs we found (snow deposited by wind) were really soft. There was little to no cracking, and no snow movement, just fun sledding. </p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Wednesday 7th December, 2022 5:20PM
Ding Ding Ding
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We found 90 cm of snow around the cabin at Bell today. Enough snow to brush off the cobwebs and get our sleds stuck! We were wary of where the wind is depositing the 15cm of new snow, and avoided those areas. With limited visibility we found the best riding in sheltered areas at treeline. There is a persistent layer of concern down 40cm that is being tracked throughout the region. Today in our tests we didn't have results on this layer but we will be keeping a close eye on it as the season progresses.
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northrockiesfieldteam,
Tuesday 6th December, 2022 6:00PM