North Selkirk
Avalanche 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, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 5th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 1st, 2025Farm Pass Conditions
Spent the last 4 days skiing in and around farm pass.
We travelled between 1650-2100m in BTL, and TL and all aspects.
At 1830m, farm pass received 51cm of low density HST since January 4th. At 2100m the HS now sits between 140-165. The storm snow overlies a sun crust predominantly on southerly aspects buried around 40-50cm deep.
Snow profile
SW Asp, TL, HS 160cm
Results
ECTX
CTM 13 down 45 (RP)
CTM 11 down 45 (RP)
Mostly obscured visibility made for limited observations in the alpine.
Ski quality was excellent but travel conditions were difficult due to a ski pen of 35-45cm. On Jan 7th the storm snow had settled and made for the best skiing of the trip.
On Jan 5th we observed numerous dry loose sz 0.5-1 but could not produce any slabs from ski cutting on convex test slopes. On Jan 6th with another 18cm overnight we were able to produce many soft slabs from ski cuts on convex features. These slabs were between 30-40cm thick. The following day, Jan 7th, the storm snow seemed to have consolidated and the weak layer we found the previous day could not be triggered through ski cutting.
Josh Mcmurray,
Sunday 7th January, 2024 10:30PM
Keystone
Multiple natural avalanches were observed on south and east facing aspects. All were on steep rocky peaks and ridges that let go of the whole slab/layer to rock. Slab depths of 6-10” approx. Small to medium slides, one alpine bowl had 6 slides.
highperformanceindustries,
Thursday 28th December, 2023 6:50AM
Throttle, schnoodle, dig holes, eat noodles
Sled to ski exploration in the north Selkirks near Mica Creek. We went out seeking the crust and surface hoar layers that were buried in early December. We found the crust 2 cm thick, 40 cm below the surface, up to 1500-1600 m. At 1825 m on a west aspect, we found the surface hoar down 70 cm. It was small (2-4 cm) and rounding, but it was reactive in snowpack tests. We didn't have time to get up to treeline or the alpine, but if we did have time, we would have avoided large, steep, open or convex slopes.
AVCAN FORECASTER,
Thursday 14th December, 2023 5:40PM
Corbin Pass
elynyd,
Sunday 5th March, 2023 1:40PM
Corbin Pass
<p>20+ cars in Parking area plus a couple of lazy sled skiers - wind effect in open cutblocks forming slabs over buried suncrust from last week - steeper cutblocks ran naturally late last night. </p>
cyberfog,
Monday 20th February, 2023 2:50PM
Hellens
<p>Lots of smaller features popping off throughout the day. </p>
shadcollins5,
Saturday 4th February, 2023 4:00PM
Quick weekend recap
<p>Overall, no major signs of instability where we were. We wen't up to 2000m on mainly N-NW and SW aspects.
There was some wind effect at tree line and in the alpine with soft slabs starting to form on Saturday. We didn't do any in depth snow investigation, but small informal tests through the weekend seem to confirm the info that we already have. The snowpack is still pretty thin. The top layer of storm/wind slab still shows signs of planar results where we tried to push, stomp or pull on it. Mid snow pack felt nicely firm and cohesive under probing, but its obviously sitting on a thick layer of facets and depth hoar. We could also feel some subtle sun effect on solar slopes from the short periods of clearing that we got.
There seems to be more skier traffic in places that are usually pretty quiet. We also avoided skiing down to valley bottom to avoid the last 100m to 200m of alder bashing. The more dense and supportive powder makes the travel bellow tree line quite nice and easy to explore different and further areas and is fast enough for some fun skiing in lower angle terrain.</p>
Demonic Pancake,
Monday 9th January, 2023 10:00AM
Sold on Sale
<p>We went sled skiing on Sale with the objective of skiing lower angle terrain and investigating how this week’s storm snow is bonding to the weak layers below.
Today was the first day in a while with good visibility and we were surprised to see no recent natural avalanche activity in that area. We stuck to mellow terrain, but observed cracking in the storm snow on steep rolls or pillows in the trees.
We got no alarming results in snowpack tests, but remain cognizant that these tests are small pieces in a very large and complex puzzle. The sun came out but did not effect the snow and temperatures remained relatively cool.
Overall a great day to be outside enjoying some sunshine and mellow pow skiing!</p>
forecaster,
Thursday 29th December, 2022 6:40PM
Sale mountain
<p>Great conditions on sale, aside from the flat light. We got moderate propagating results, on the Dec 5th, recently buried surface hoar layer at 1800m on a west aspect. </p>
forecaster,
Friday 9th December, 2022 4:50PM
Puking snow but still shallow
<p>The snow was falling heavily all day, but the snowpack is still shallow - approximately 1 m deep.
In an alpine location, we found a weak layer of sugary facets buried approximately 50 cm below the surface. This layer gave a sudden failure in a compression test and we experienced a number of whumpfs in the area. However, we did not see any avalanche activity.
We skied cautiously to avoid contact with buried rocks and avoided steep and wind-loaded terrain.</p>
jfloyer,
Friday 9th December, 2022 9:50AM
November 21 SH becoming reactive today
Pete Murray,
Monday 28th November, 2022 10:00AM