Northwest Coastal, British Columbia
Wet loose
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
10 hours ago
Observation
Skier sluff ran slowly for about 100m on 34 deg slope and gained mass. Moved slow and was well behind skier. Was in clearing skiers right of iron curtain. Ran on a layer within the snow above the crust. Bed surface was soft and skiable. Similar layer depth was noted in earlier hand shear tests.
1 photos
Whumpfy
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
11 hours ago
Observation
2 whumpfs today. First was when 6 people were grouped along the pre-existing skin track, settlement area was approx 10m in radius, was quite loud. Second was smaller, 2 person load in the the same skin track but further up hill. A crust down 45ish cm is thin and breakable, soft snow underneath.
Saturday February 4th
Avalanche Canada, 16 hours ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Friday February 3rd
Avalanche Canada, 1 day ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Cats
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
1 day ago
Observation
40cm HST on top of crust/facet combo. Storm snow quickly slabbed up over the day. Reactive on any suspect feature (convex rolls, planar steep open trees). Easily produced slides up to sz 1 on the crust, as we saw from testing several features.
1 photos
Prayer Flags
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
1 day ago
Observation
Storm snow is well consolidated as a slab but perched on hard rain crust from last week. We did not dig a proper snow pit, however 8 hand taps on a test block triggered 40cm release on the rain crust.
3 photos
New load
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
2 days ago
Observation
Lots of new snow, with riding conditions improving every hour. Snowing heavily. Very strong windgusts in the alpine putting stress on the new load, but much calmer BTL.
Thursday February 2nd
Avalanche Canada, 2 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Thursday February 2nd
Avalanche Canada, 2 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Wednesday February 1st
Avalanche Canada, 3 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Shames backcountry/new snow
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
3 days ago
Observation
Significantly more snow the higher we went with an average of 20cm of dry powder. We will need more to cover the hard rain crust that was felt underneath the whole time. So far the new snow is not bonding really well with that hardened layer. Light wind. Snowing heavily.
Tuesday January 31st
Avalanche Canada, 4 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Tuesday January 31st
Avalanche Canada, 4 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Monday January 30th
Avalanche Canada, 5 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Fish n chips
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
6 days ago
Observation
Avalanche observation by Steph Bev, seen near Shames, reported on Sun 29th Jan, 2023 1:00PM
Sunday January 29th
Avalanche Canada, 6 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Sleeping beauty ice
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
1 week ago
Observation
Sunny day, but terrible snow. Solid non-breakable crust whole way up, lots of natural avalanches in alpine from last few days. No signs of instability, snow felt very solid just not very enjoyable to be on.
1 photos
Saturday January 28th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Friday January 27th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Big Change, in the big Y
Northwest Coastal:
Stewart,
1 week ago
Observation
A quick trip to the upper reaches of the Big Y. Water saturated snow from the highway up to about 1400m, above that to 1700m the surface was already freezing into a crust and above 1700m to 1850m there was dry wind pressed snow. On the glacier we probed 250cm.
2 photos
Thursday January 26th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Wednesday January 25th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Coastal Concrete
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
1 week ago
Observation
Wet snow to switch back (700mish) snow to top chair in AM. Turned to rain by 1pm up to about 1000m. Coastal concrete! Evidence of a large avalanche cycle yesterday in the valley of certain doom, no clear observations on shames home drainage faces.
Tuesday January 24th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Monday January 23rd
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Shames
Northwest Coastal:
Shames,
1 week ago
Observation
Good day in Shames backcountry. Found cold dust in Fazurs and Dome Shoulder. Skied fast thanks to denser snow under recent storm snow, but didn’t feel a crust. No signs of instability. Saw groups coming down Fish and Chips, which looked great as well. Temps stayed below freezing.
2 photos
Sunday January 22nd
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Saturday January 21st
Avalanche Canada, 2 weeks ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Saturday January 21st
Avalanche Canada, 2 weeks ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine
Saturday January 21st
Avalanche Canada, 2 weeks ago
Forecast
Regions:
Northwest Coastal, Howson, Kitimat, Nass, Rupert, Seven Sisters, Shames, Stewart, West Stikine