North Shore
Avalanche Forecast
Published: Apr 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
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Problems: Loose Wet.
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Problems: Loose Wet.
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Problems: Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
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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: Loose Wet, Cornices.
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Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Cornices.
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Problems: Storm Slabs.
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Published: Apr 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
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Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 31st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 30th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wet Slabs.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm 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, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 9th, 2025Better than expected!!
Pretty darn good skiing considering where we were 3 days ago. Skiing well between 1100 and 1350 meters.
Snow depth 140cm at 1250m on a NE facing slope.
15cm of ski penetration on supportive deeper layers made the coverage feel ok but still lots of bushes around under tree cover.
Solar aspects some wet loose, not stepping down. No slab avalanches observed. Few ski cuts on convex rolls didn’t trigger anything.
mike.crickmer,
Saturday 6th January, 2024 1:40PM
Brockton
Strong wind gusts up brockton, my tracks covered upon return, lots of accumulation already. Poor visibility. Was nice to revisit the wonderful feeling of snow pellets burning my face ;-)
cmpanchuk,
Friday 5th January, 2024 3:30PM
No Avalanches, 60cm at Brockton
60cm at Brockton. No snow below 1100m. Trail is tough to travel, skis not recommended. Snowshoes not particularly needed. Lower Resort unskiable.
No slopes above threshold at Treeline. Did not hike past Brockton.
Wind Moderate, +5°C
Brento,
Friday 29th December, 2023 3:00PM
Is this the East Coast? Reactive slab in Christmas Gully
Went for a stroll up Christmas Gully today. The line is kinda not really skiable. Some down climbing would be required given the open creek.
Climbed up the gully until I encountered the open creek situation in the 4th photo. The bridge seemed solid but I decided not to test my luck and followed the trail through the forest.
Found some very old and frozen wet slide debris in the upper choke point of the gully. See the photos. Didn’t see an obvious start zone from that slide.
Starting around 1100 m 2 cm of fresh snow up to 7 cm at 1350 m.
Very supportive crust up to 1200 m where it becomes mostly but not reliably supportive to bootpacking. Had crampons on from the bottom.
Noticed a snow change around 1250 m and dug a hasty pit at 1350 m. Noticed a consolidated wet slab consisting of the fresh snow and a 5-10 cm crust on top of facets. Slab released on the facets. HS 140 cm at 1350 m. Investigated further with a compression test and got a result of CTV. Slab failed while digging out the column. One note is I didn’t have a saw so maybe this had an effect but the slab went very easily nonetheless. Skiing at this elevation looked not totally horrible given the slightly softer crust and more fresh snow.
Elected to down climb given the slab and the consequence of even a small avy with the partially open creek and such.
Dug another hasty pit at 1250 m and the slab was slightly harder to trigger but still kinda sketchy.
Down climbed the trail through the forest. Its maybe skiable if you have ninja moves and a big enough pair. Then skied the bottom 100 m or so on a not really edgeable crust.
Weather was clear everywhere except Christmas Gully. Socked in the whole time and consistent but light snowfall from 1:30 onwards. Maybe 1-2 cm accumulation.
Trail isn’t skinable unless you like taking your skis off every 3 minutes.
kynanparry,
Sunday 24th December, 2023 12:30AM
The Cavalry Have Arrived!
Looks like resort is bringing in some heavy machinery! Let’s get winter one way or another.
Brento,
Tuesday 19th December, 2023 3:20PM
Seymour 1st Peak
Approx 2 inches of thick ice sits below approx 2 inches of heavy snow. Especially evident approaching 1400m. Took a quick photo but unfortunately it didn't turn out too good....
cmpanchuk,
Thursday 14th December, 2023 3:30PM
We went so you don’t have to
You don’t know until you go, but now we know so you can, too! The lower part of the Mt. Seymour Trail is in terrible shape and is essentially a stream in parts. We turned around after about 300 m as a group coming down the trail told us the resort is currently grooming the ski runs and actively preventing people from coming inbounds. Boot packing required in several places unless you really hate your skins and skiing out the skin track would be terrible. Probably needs about 30-50cm more snow to fully fill in the lower parts of the skin track. Snow was very sticky (skins started to stick within a minute of standing still) and it was pouring at the parking lot. Not worth it!
hbski,
Sunday 10th December, 2023 12:50PM
Cream on Crust - Seymour
Tour around Brockton Point.
Consistent heavy snowfall, light and fluffy above 1100m and noticeably heavier below that. Winds scouring and depositing snow on exposed ridges.
Trail conditions poor. Needs another storm or two to cover the rocks/twigs/microspiker divots.
New snow (~10-15cm around noon) didn’t seem to be bonding well to last week’s ~10cm rain crust. Saw several shooting cracks, experienced difficult side-hill skinning, and remotely triggered the collapse of a wind-drift (pictured).
kevnklass,
Saturday 9th December, 2023 6:00PM
Mt Seymour backcountry trail
Attempted to skin from resort parking to Brockton point, trail is not in useable condition for skis, maybe snowshoes or spikes would be better. Snow was very wet and slushy
mgriffith,
Wednesday 6th December, 2023 8:30AM
Touchy but Excellent
Beautiful day up on Cypress. Decided to stay in simple terrain due to the uncertainty about the forecast and big storm totals. Totals from Thursday/Friday storms was about 40cm in treeline, up to 55-65 cm with North aspects on the deeper side. This sits on top of layer of MfCr, 25-35cm from ground depending on location.
We observed numerous whumphing sounds in steeper micro terrain features as we got to elevations that had existing snow prior to the storm (~1250m and above). At the top of Sky chair we observed cornices forming on the North facing backside of Cypress. We attempted to get a better view of the slope but heard very large whumphing sounds down slope of us anytime we approached within 5-6m. These continued regularly while we dug a pit and transitioned in the area.
We stayed in mellow terrain within the resort boundaries and ski quality was excellent but many early season obstacles still exist (creeks, bushes, logs, etc.). Areas with more solar radiation had turned heavy and wet by our second lap of the day on Black Mountain. All in all an excellent day but would not be venturing out into more consequential terrain anytime soon.
SteveSkis123,
Saturday 2nd December, 2023 8:30PM
What a Difference 24-hrs Makes
Road Conditions
Snow accumulation starts at 400m at the first switchback on the road. Mushroom Parking Lot clear of snow. Snowing at 600m at 2nd Switchback. (As of Noon)
Mountain Conditions
Have I seen it better on Dec. 1st? Yep! Is today infinitely better then yesterday? Oh yea! With any luck this base will survive next week’s Pineapple Express and we’ll be ready to go after that.
60cm of snow (HS), only travelled to 1230m
Brento,
Saturday 2nd December, 2023 8:40AM
Backcountry Seymour
Amazing conditions but snow was touchy past Brockton - turned around....
cmpanchuk,
Friday 1st December, 2023 3:10PM
Seymour spring turns
<p>Beauty spring ski day. North and west skiing best. Schmoooo on south faces as the day progressed. Recent cornice fall on North aspect - didn’t step down more than the first 20-30cm.
Minimal movement otherwise seen.
Still skiing really well despite the temps being above zero overnight. </p>
mike.crickmer,
Tuesday 2nd May, 2023 5:20PM
Depencier Lake
brian.thornburn,
Monday 24th April, 2023 8:00PM
Mount Strachan
balski,
Friday 21st April, 2023 4:10PM
Variable Riding Conditions
<p>Overall ride quality was good but snow quality was variable and wet overall.
Near the bottom lay about 5-10cm over a crust and refrozen tracks. Mid and near the top, there were some crusty areas with denser/wetter/grabbier snow underneath where trees were less dense and let solar through. In areas less affected by solar, snow generally felt heavy but surfy. Winds really picked up near the top, generally coming from the southeast.
A storm of wet snow started when we departed at 12:30pm. By the time we got back to our vehicle at 2pm, at least 4cm fell on it during our short 1.5 hrs day trip. Temperatures started at 1 C at 12:30pm and went down to 0 C by the time we returned at 2pm. Precip continued down the mountain and transitioned to rain at around the Cypress Provincial Park Picnic Area. </p>
VinceC,
Thursday 20th April, 2023 6:20PM
Seymour
<p>Hand pits down to about 50cm on an open southwest aspect at 1350m showed about 30cm of facets poorly bonded in some areas in others bridged at the surface by windslab. Felt very spooky on that aspect.
Northerly aspects sloughing of the top 15cm, not entraining much snow and not stepping down.
In general nothing moving naturally nor skier triggered.
Windy and stormy later in the day.
Overall good skiing. </p>
mike.crickmer,
Thursday 20th April, 2023 3:20PM
Hollyburn
<p>Skinned and skied down west face of hollyburn to Heather lake only. Rode slopes under 30 degrees only. No signs of avalanche activity. Snow between 5-6pm was falling as graupel, not bonding well. </p>
jabalice,
Tuesday 18th April, 2023 6:50PM
Hollyburn
<p>Skinned and skied down west face of hollyburn to Heather lake only. Rode slopes under 30 degrees only. No signs of avalanche activity. Snow between 5-6pm was falling as graupel, not bonding well. </p>
jabalice,
Tuesday 18th April, 2023 6:50PM
Hollyburn
<p>Skinned and skied down west face of hollyburn to Heather lake only. Rode slopes under 30 degrees only. No signs of avalanche activity. Snow between 5-6pm was falling as graupel, not bonding well. </p>
jabalice,
Tuesday 18th April, 2023 6:50PM
Hollyburn
<p>Skinned and skied down west face of hollyburn to Heather lake only. Rode slopes under 30 degrees only. No signs of avalanche activity. Snow between 5-6pm was falling as graupel, not bonding well. </p>
jabalice,
Tuesday 18th April, 2023 6:50PM
Hollyburn
<p>Skinned and skied down west face of hollyburn to Heather lake only. Rode slopes under 30 degrees only. No signs of avalanche activity. Snow between 5-6pm was falling as graupel, not bonding well. </p>
jabalice,
Tuesday 18th April, 2023 6:50PM
Reactive storms slabs
<p>Storm day on Seymour. Heavy high density precipitation (graupel) and mod-strong SE wind for most of the day. Reactive top 15-20cm composed of the last 24hrs of storm snow sliding on the snow that had fallen over the days previous. Both naturals and skier triggered size 1s. Slabs would easily propagate. Nothing stepping down to deeper layers. Overall pleasant skiing!</p>
mike.crickmer,
Tuesday 18th April, 2023 5:30PM
Cypress sky chair
marin,
Monday 17th April, 2023 11:10AM
Hollyburn
<p>CT on 35° west facing slope @ 1290mts |
1 tap - storm snow non planar |
4 tap - 40cm slab sudden planar |
14 tap - 65cm slab sudden planar |
Ski cutting only released storm snow.
We did not see any natural avalanche activity
</p>
JulianG,
Sunday 16th April, 2023 1:40PM
Sunny Seymour
<p>15-20cm of cold dry snow on north aspects above 1150m on a supportive MFC. Minor skier triggered sloughing on northly aspects. No slab avalanches seen. All other aspects warm wet surface snow and plenty of wet loose size 1s skier triggered and natural.
Large glide cracks east aspects on steep/cliffy terrain - see photo.
Overall great day to be out. </p>
mike.crickmer,
Wednesday 12th April, 2023 7:10PM
North Shore - Burwell Mountain
<p>Observations from the northwest and northeast side of Burwell Mountain. Several very large and deep slab avalanches released during the heavy rains on the Easter weekend. Most likely from April 7 or 9. This area received over 400 mm of rain with two warm storms. The slabs likely released on deep weak layers near the base of the snowpack - crowns appeared to be 2-4 m deep. </p>
pmarshall,
Wednesday 12th April, 2023 3:40PM
Harvey
<p>15-25cms of blower pow (graupel like) well preserved above 1200m. could feel the crust beneath especially at 15cms at below. snow was unconsolidated (dry loose) and sluffed very easily on slopes over 35deg and especially on convexities.
Cracking also observed on uptrack. No naturals observed. </p>
bluebery,
Monday 3rd April, 2023 10:10AM
April 2nd
<p>We skier-triggered small windslabs on the west side of ridges. Otherwise did not see signs of instability outside of sluff in steep terrain. Great skiing!</p>
guillaume.colley,
Sunday 2nd April, 2023 8:30PM
Seymour
<p>Solar aspects 15cm of new low density snow at higher elevations on firm crust. Northerly aspects deeper ski penetration to aprox 30cm in the new snow seen in last 48hrs.
Hand pit on SW aspect at 1300m upper 30cm of new snow sitting on supportive MFC.
Lots of sloughing of the top 15m of low density snow, small skier triggered slabs to size 1 seen but generally dry loose. Minimal wind effect on any aspect.
Overall great skiing above 1150m.</p>
mike.crickmer,
Sunday 2nd April, 2023 3:20PM
Seymour March Madness
<p>Great conditions for March 25th !!!!! Stormy, snowing up to 2cm per hour at times. Variable clouds, occasional sunshine, minimal wind.</p>
dougbrownvancouver,
Saturday 25th March, 2023 2:10PM
Christmas Gully
<p>Still great snow in Christmas gully. Sun affected on the more solar aspects, but great on shaded aspects. No recent slab activity, but signs of loose slides from the warm weather. </p>
krentz.andrew,
Sunday 19th March, 2023 4:40PM
Seymour
<p>Good cold snow on anything with some north in it. Boot top pow. Rapid warming on sun-exposed slopes with lots of balling but not entraining or stepping down to deeper layers. Nothing really moving out there other than small wet-loose activity. </p>
mike.crickmer,
Wednesday 15th March, 2023 6:30PM
Amazing St Marks
<p>Skied trees NE of St Marks in boot-knee deep fresh powder. Coverage is thick and ski quality was all time for the North Shore. Polar, shaded and wind protected aspects skied best as there was no crust nor wind effect noticeable. South aspects had a supportive crust with 15 cm new snow on top and skied well too. We triggered a small 0.5sz storm slab at the start of the run with 15 cm thickness. Day started cold ish, then got progressively cloudy, windy and stormy. When we left the parking lot it was dumping, but 2C. If it stays cold, there's no need to go far away for top quality runs. </p>
albertocsanz,
Sunday 12th March, 2023 7:40PM
Magnesia Meadows
<p>Toured up to Magnesia Meadows with the ACC. Saw 2 small natural avalanches failing ~5cm deep in the storm snow. Photo shows the larger of the two, on a S aspect at 1100m. Widespread cracking above 1100m including shooting cracks up to 3m in length. Coverage on the road is quite reasonable.</p>
davidphillipschwartz,
Sunday 12th March, 2023 1:40PM
Sheltered West Facing Very Easy Shear
dougbrownvancouver,
Monday 6th March, 2023 9:00PM
Test Profile
<p>No signs of slab avalanches. Sun made an appearance shortly after noon. South/Solar aspects started to warm up. Air temp went from -4°C to -1°C.
Dug a profile on a N Aspect at 1250m
CTE 7 (SP) down 25
CTH 25 (SP) down 110
No notable results on ECT
PST 50/110 End down 110 Feb 26 MFcr</p>
Brento,
Sunday 5th March, 2023 2:50PM
Hollyburn north trees
<p>Great snow. Some surface sluffs but overwise no signs of instability.</p>
jmcconville,
Sunday 5th March, 2023 2:40PM
Graupel Layer Getting Buried
<p>On the mountain all day teaching an AST1, started to get a good amount of Graupel as we left at about 15:00. Came back up with the family for a night ski and there was 10cm on top. Did a bit of poking around the boundary and the sluff was moving fast. If by tomorrow morning we get 30cm or more there could be a significant storm slab problem. Heads up out there!</p>
Brento,
Friday 3rd March, 2023 9:30PM
Hollyburn Powder
tarfeef101,
Thursday 2nd March, 2023 7:20PM
Pump Peak
<p>Slab turned came down turned crud. Caught thigh deep in crud.</p>
dougmackinnon6203,
Thursday 2nd March, 2023 1:10PM
Hollyburn
<p>Skinning & pole wacking below steep SW terrain generated soft slab size 1.5 avalanche down initially 30cm, stepping down to 60cm on the melt-freeze crust. Widespread propagation. One skier involved, minimally burried & not injured. Decided to ski the resort. </p>
medialuna,
Tuesday 28th February, 2023 11:00PM
Deeeep on Hollyburn
<p>40cm plus ski pen, fist on top overlying a 4f slab. Ski steep roll resulting in sluffing only. No signs of slabs avalanche or sign of instabilities. Obs only below tree lines</p>
fxtheguide,
Tuesday 28th February, 2023 8:00PM
Deeeep on Hollyburn!
<p>Fantastic skiing through the Hollyburn trees. Tons of new snow from the last 24 hours. Ski pen down ~60cm while skinning and pole probing alongside the skintrack to nearly 100cm. Pleasant and unexpectedly low density higher up.
Ski cuts on steep convex rolls and test slopes produced very easy size 0.5-1 avalanches down 30cm on the MFC. This reactivity was notable on all aspects. Fortunately no widespread propagation and not stepping down further. Certainly still enough snow to take a skiier for a ride and potentially cause injury. As such we avoided steeper terrain and enjoyed tree laps. </p>
mike.depaoli,
Tuesday 28th February, 2023 6:30PM
Cypress Falls to Hollyburn (Peak to Creek)
<p>Skied from Cypress Falls Park all the way up Hollyburn Mountain via the 'West Cypress Creek Trail'. Surprisingly coverage was good enough to get in a 1000 meter ski decent, and we were able to ski right out to the parking lot of cypress falls park. No signs of instability for majority of this tour as the 30-50cm of new snow was on the ground, but once on Hollyburn Mountain sluffing was encounter on isolated steeper slopes.</p>
nevison.alex,
Tuesday 28th February, 2023 3:30PM
Multiple Intentional Triggered Size 1s on Mount Strachan
mcacho,
Monday 27th February, 2023 9:50AM
AST2 Course
<p>Observed human triggered size 1 avalanche with 44cm deep crown (storm slab) on north aspect next to wanded trail. Cracking observed on steep convex slopes. Storm slab was very reactive in compression test. </p>
ktjw,
Sunday 26th February, 2023 6:30PM
Hollyburn pow
<p>Great skiing on 50-60cm of new snow but storm slab was reactive on all convex slopes below and at treeline. Lots of whumpfing, and a remote triggered sz 0.5 (no photo). </p>
richieso,
Sunday 26th February, 2023 5:40PM
Strachan Trees
Laura Barreca,
Sunday 26th February, 2023 3:10PM
Touchy & Widespread Avalanches
<p>Very easy to trigger avalanches this morning. Slabs moving on the Melt Freeze crust down 30 to 50cm. Slabs releasing deeper and further back then I normally see at Seymour. It’s sketchy out there! Make good choices!
Sz 2 Sc on N at 1175m
Sz 1.5 Sc on W at 1175m</p>
Brento,
Sunday 26th February, 2023 12:20PM