Purcells
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Jumbo Nogo
Tried to get into Jumbo Hut this morning but were greeted with significant avalanche debris covering the sled road in. Every single path along the way has slid to ground in the last few days. Temps were 1 degree at 11 am at the sled drop off area and 6 degrees by the time we got back around 1:30pm. Unfortunate but I think we made the right call.
Kokaneer,
Friday 28th March, 2025 10:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Gorman Lake to Cirque
As expected, plenty of natural avalanching throughout the day between Gorman and Cirque.
jwlaboucane,
Tuesday 25th March, 2025 11:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Whomp Whomp
Attempted to make it out to Jumbo for some mellow tree skiing but turned back ~2/3 of the sled in due to warming temps, rain, and lack of a refreeze down low. Close to 30cm new snow on the road from the days prior and was very wet. Freezing levels looked to be at least 1700m at 9am. Hadn't noticed any new debris in the runouts. After crossing a several paths on the road and feeling not so great moving under them we decided to turn around and on our way back saw small new debris in a few of the paths that had come from lower in the tracks., upper start zones still looked intact. Back to training for spring missions I guess.
strongian42,
Monday 24th March, 2025 9:00AM
Spring is here
Skied amazing powder on Sunday March 25. 30+ cm of fresh snow. No signs of instability on Sunday.
Monday morning woke up to 7cm of fresh snow, temperature was +2°C at 1800. Ventured up to the ski area and saw that a natural size 2.5 had released less than 12 hours ago. Snow quality on Monday was heavy and wet. Decided to head home.
spegler,
Monday 24th March, 2025 8:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025March 18 Pit Results
None of the typical “red flags” were observed. Sun exposure throughout the day led to moderate warming on exposed slopes, snow did not warm to the point of becoming wet or sticky.
No sign of natural avalanches. Lots of pinwheeling on sunny slopes.
Skied shaded, sheltered, low angle supported slopes. Amazing powder! Sun crust forming on sun-exposed aspects by midday.
andrewking8,
Tuesday 18th March, 2025 9:31AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Rudi's Pit
Brad Roach,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 15th, 2025Sled Remote - Partial Burial
Todays travel philosophy for our group of 2 was making conservative choices in low angle terrain. We were only exposing ourselves to features that had already run during the previous storm cycle or which were small and isolated enough to not pose a threat.
403johns,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 1:30PM
Forster Creek
Went sledding up Forster Creek on Saturday. Stayed cool throughout the day, lightly snowing, with the sun trying to poke through. We parked our sleds on the north (right hand side) of the meadow near the bottom of the headwall and skinned up a mellow creek bed and into the trees on the south facing slopes to about 2200m (at TL). We did not notice any natural or human triggered avalanche activity, cracks, or slabbing. Did not appear to be wind affected where we were. We did notice the crust layer down about 20cm of fresh but it appeared to bond well as we ski cut a 33 degree open treed slope at the top and had no reactivity, only minor sluffing. Overall great day.
Kokaneer,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 9:00AM
Baribeau
Sorry no pics. Very wintery once you get above 1700m. 30-40 cm new snow from the last few days. Great skiing, very low density new snow, minimal slab properties observed, except on steep slopes at tree line. Did not observe Alpine. Saw a couple of recent natural avalanches and heard one audible. Would expect a more extensive natural cycle with a bit more load.
npin,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 8:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 14th, 2025Quartz Creek
ethan.thorn00,
Friday 14th March, 2025 10:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 13th, 2025Gorman storm
Slide path at 13/14 went through the trail. Most of been last night or early this am. Lots of evidence of slab avalanche on the alpine slopes in front of warm up shelter. Few couloir slid from the north facing Rocky faces. I don’t see the club grooming anytime in the weeks to come. The avalanche hazard will remain high till the weather settle for more stable pattern. Definetely heads up hockey out there.
sebravens,
Thursday 13th March, 2025 1:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Hello Facets my old friend, I've come to dig you out again
*Viewer discretion is advised*
I'm just an amateur who dug a test profile in a spot that has almost definitely been skiied over recently and throughout the season and therefore not a good representation. If you should take away anything, it's that the layer of facets is still present and could be a problem.
Saw a natural slab avalanche from a distance on lookers left of Molars South. Crown was across entire part of that face. Looked like some fresh snow was covering it but still quite recent. (Picture included)
Lots of bombing on Redemption N by KHMR patrol with explosive triggered slides observable from Rudi S.
Test profile on north side of Rudi's ridge at ridgeline: CTM15 SC on FC 3-6mm layer down 120. Same layer I saw a more resistant result next to this spot 2 weeks ago but this facet layer is now 20cm deeper with the recent snowfall. ECTN15 partial fracture as can be seen in picture. Foot pen 65. HS 165 at test profile.
**If you are dropping into Rudi N first entrance skier's right, be aware there may be a small pit left by me (picture included) filled it as much as I could.
Zeds,
Tuesday 11th March, 2025 3:00PM
Gorman South slopes
Stuck to mellow terrain on South aspects today.
jonasphoke,
Tuesday 11th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025RCR, a sinking ship
Hoy hoy mousaillons, hopped in early in the powder ship at kicking horse mtn resort to have a taste of that promised blower pow. 20 min later one gondola fell off the cable (rip KHMR). Still early in the day we decided to venture up the slack country in our blower pow quest. Toured up all the way up to Reudis ridge and then noticed some avalanche debris in the fans from maybe yesterday/last night storm. After mitigation and dropping some decent sized cornices into the couloir we felt comfortable skiing. Nothing really moved while skiing the couloir but then I arrive to a size 3 (maybe ?) avalanche debris pretty much wall to wall in Reudis north bowl. Went up to Molars and saw similar avalanche debris on the north side. Molars south already slid with the solar input. Heads up out there captains, the ship is very wobbly and might be sinking already!
trkfahmy,
Monday 10th March, 2025 12:00PM
RCR, a sinking ship
Hoy hoy mousaillons, hopped in early in the powder ship at kicking horse mtn resort to have a taste of that promised blower pow. 20 min later one gondola fell off the cable (rip KHMR). Still early in the day we decided to venture up the slack country in our blower pow quest. Toured up all the way up to Reudis ridge and then noticed some avalanche debris in the fans from maybe yesterday/last night storm. After mitigation and dropping some decent sized cornices into the couloir we felt comfortable skiing. Nothing really moved while skiing the couloir but then I arrive to a size 3 (maybe ?) avalanche debris pretty much wall to wall in Reudis north bowl. Went up to Molars and saw similar avalanche debris on the north side. Molars south already slid with the solar input. Heads up out there captains, the ship is very wobbly and might be sinking already!
trkfahmy,
Monday 10th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 8th, 2025Bootleg Mountain
sylaswelch,
Friday 7th March, 2025 9:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 5th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 1st, 2025Forester meadows
We stayed in the bottom of the valley given the high temps. Did watch a group make the catamount climb but this seemed foolish given the state of the snowpack. Spent a lot of the day postholing up to my chest. Sled got stuck anytime i sawed through the top layer. No cohesion below 50 cm.
skiasessippi,
Saturday 1st March, 2025 10:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Feb 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Feb 27th, 2025Jumbo Creek to Glacier Dome
Skinning in the lower elevations was a challenge because the snow felt very unconsolidated in spots. Above tree line, I couldn’t feel the weak layer while skiing. Regardless, I stayed off anything above 30°. I jumped on some small test slopes and couldn’t get anything moving. The only recent avalanche I saw was the one in the photo which I suspect was control work. There were some older naturals, but they had new snow on them. No recent natural avalanches seen today.
Ed M,
Wednesday 26th February, 2025 9:00PM
Good but touchy
Spent a cautious day roaming around the drainages south of golden on the dogtooth. Snow was surprisingly light for how warm the temps have been but variable conditions ranging from wind effect to deeper pockets depending on the aspect. A crust can be felt on upward travel but mostly unnoticeable on the ski down. In isolated sheltered areas some whumpfing sounds were heard, on the skin track up hand shears proved to be reactive 20cms down on the crust we could feel.
We kept it super mellow and really just wanted to get a feel for how the slopes we handling the high temps and new load.
Observed multiple natural avalanches on all aspect ranging from sz1 up to size 2.5, one notably large slide on a planar slope which could possibly have stretched to sz3 but the full path and runout was obscured. Most slides were slabs failing on what looked like that 20 -30cm down layer from thin points in the pack or convexities. A couple slides triggered by cornice failure on south aspects, those cornices were huge before failing thanks to those wind events of the past few weeks.
Blowing snow seen at ridge tops today.
Dug a quick pit @2200 NE in a sheltered part of an alpine bowl.
Hs160cm
20cms fist
5cms of 1f
Mid pack 4f
Lower pack, garbage
Easy results failing on the crust, sudden collapse.
The snow seems Inspiring but definitely very touchy.
06doas,
Tuesday 25th February, 2025 7:00PM
Size 1.5 T2.5
See details under incident tab.
Clément Toyack,
Tuesday 25th February, 2025 1:00PM
Angus
AMcLeod,
Monday 24th February, 2025 1:00PM
Clam Shell - sz 2.5
Clam Shell went size 2.5+ during the afternoon sun. Observed from ski hill
toddthetoad,
Sunday 23rd February, 2025 3:00PM
Panorama Mountain Resort Inbounds
owenpeters87,
Sunday 23rd February, 2025 10:26AM
The rotten tooth
Been out and about in dogtooth range these past couple of days, the Skiing is good but the bottom is rotten!
Mostly Ive been skiing south facing slopes between 1700-2400m, the sun has been and was again super strong, luckily the colder temps seemed to have stopped a crust forming, today felt real warm but skiing was still light and dry! The top 20-30cms is fist with the crust beneath seemly mostly supportive to skier traffic. Beneath the crust it’s a consistent degradation from facets down to DH through the lower pack. Braking trail is tough, punching through the crust and often sinking in sugar back the two steps you just gained.
Plenty of natural evidence out of steep rocky north facing terrain, mostly sz1, some possibly stretching to sz2 from the previous cycle before the 4 cents we got yesterday. Two notable slides that hadn’t slid when I was out on Saturday, again from steep north facing terrain.
No major instabilities noted on both days on the aspects we skied. Glad the colds gone and snows on the way!
06doas,
Monday 17th February, 2025 10:00PM
Glide Crack
Noted a large glide crack in the large east facing alpine bowl above branch C. I very rarely venture up to the bowl, so I don’t know if that’s a regular occurrence or not. Also had multiple whumphs just below the ridge crest and on the ridge itself. Ski cuts of steep slopes produced no results other than some surface sloughing.
timjamesmckee,
Monday 17th February, 2025 11:24AM
There’s still avalanches out there
Party of three headed into 12mile for the day. As we were travelling to an alpine saddle we felt a large whumph, cracking around the first skier was observed (5m by 5m). The slope was about 30 degrees. We backed off and skied down.
We opted to ski another slope closer to tree line, in a more sheltered area. No signs of instability were noted as we were gaining the ridge, or along the ridge. The first and second skier descended the slope, skiing great powder top to bottom. The third skier dropped in from a different entry point, kicking off a small (size 1, 30-40 deep) slab near a rocky area. This slab entrained an impressive amount of mass and speed as it moved downhill. The resulting avalanche was a size 2, running 2/3 path. No involvement.
Suspected release on FC layer buried after last storm (Jan 30).
joanna.waterston,
Monday 17th February, 2025 1:30AM
The Repeater (North Slopes)
-We skied lines on the N and NE slopes of The Repeater.
-In the alpine and at treeline, on steep slopes (~40°), we where easily triggering sluffs up to size 1, simply by jumping on our skis.
-Sluffs where gaining speed and bringing down enough mass to make a skier fall.
-Making it tricky in the alpine, where lack of coverage is exposing rocks. And at treeline around trees.
louis.plante,
Sunday 16th February, 2025 4:00PM
Bootleg
Sunny skies and soft snow made for great turns. Temperatures were slightly warmer than recent days, but the snow stayed dry except on steep, due-south slopes. New surface hoar was forming at lower elevations. Average snow depths were around 120 cm. There was 30 cm of soft snow over the January layers, which on south aspects consisted of two crusts with soft facets in between them. Stability tests (ECTX) showed no reactivity, and there were no signs of instability throughout the day.
AVCAN FORECASTER,
Thursday 13th February, 2025 11:00AM
Sunny St Mary's
A cold start to the day at -22 when we left the truck, but it quickly warmed up once we were in the sun. As we were moving up through treeline, we had a whumpf in an open area in the trees on a south aspect. We dug down to investigate and found the January 30th weak layer buried 37 cm deep and comprised of small sugary facets (size 1) and a few surface hoar crystals above a crust. It seems like there isn't enough slab above the weak layer to spread a failure on most slopes.
We saw a few small dry loose avalanches from steep terrain in the alpine. Hard to tell how old they were, maybe 24-48 hours old?
Riding quality was great; it was cold, dry, and fast. Just watch out for areas that have a slab on top.
AVCAN FORECASTER,
Wednesday 12th February, 2025 4:00PM
Meachen Mtn
We travelled between 1390m and 2460m today on a S aspect to stay warm. Some whumpfs down low with shooting cracks that disappeared with elevation gain. HS was 160cm at 2140m with 40cm of storm snow sitting on a sun crust. The snow on surface was low density and was bonding to the sun crust. No visible signs of recent avalanche activity. Wolverine managed to get first drop on us.
drijber,
Wednesday 12th February, 2025 12:05PM
Fireguard
No signs of instability or natural avalanches observed. Great skiing on sugary facets. Found HS of 90-110 with a crust about 25cm down (facets and maybe melt forms? No surface hoar), but we didnt find any slab on top of this. We did produce some small sluffs on steep micro gully features.
neverbenbetter,
Tuesday 11th February, 2025 11:00PM
Redding rainbow
Soft snow all the way to ridgetop on northeast aspects made for really good ski quality. We could find the buried surface hoar and facet layer about 40 cm deep, but no signs of reactivity as there was no slab above (no cracking, hand shears, etc). One whumpf in shallow rocky terrain while gaining the ridge, likely isolated depth hoar. Couldn't see any avalanches from last week's storm.
shorton,
Sunday 9th February, 2025 12:30AM
Soft slabs & cracking
tlaberge,
Monday 3rd February, 2025 11:00AM
Deep and unstable up angus
Plenty of whumping and settling on the way up, we played safe but still managed to trigger a smallish slide.
sgerm2355,
Sunday 2nd February, 2025 12:05PM
Spicy Meatball
Major Storm skiiing right now.
Avoided any steep terrain and or convexities.
Lots of whumphing and unsettled snow on that Jan Hoar/Crust layer. Had a remote size 1 release on a convex roll, we were about 50ft away climbing on an island of tree safety, was approx 40cm on the crust. Did not step down. The skiing was fantastic.
Dead-Head,
Sunday 2nd February, 2025 8:00AM
Reactive slab below treeline
We found conditions touchier than expected, likely due to the fresh snow that also seemed to be more than forecast. We found the storm snow started to consolidate around 1800m, despite no signs of wind effect. The 30-40cm deep slab made trail breaking difficult as it would pop out and slide you down a foot or two with it. We changed to tighter trees with less steep lines as a result, but still had a small feature go while skiing it. It was notable to us, as it was only about 30 degrees and the entire feature slid- the slab propagated several meters across the feature. If this had been a larger opening in this terrain it likely would have pushed the skier into a tree or tree well.
Skiing was more supportive than we expected and very good down to ~1650m. Below that the alders became a challenge.
We returned to this area Sunday and found similar conditions. The slab seemed a little less reactive but we did still have a few small rolls pop and lots of stuffing. Sun made Sunday seem warmer than Saturday.
j.mort,
Saturday 1st February, 2025 7:00AM
Dry January is over!
Was suprised to find more new snow than expected (20+) sitting on top of the facets and surface hoar. Decent inversion seemed to be causing the new snow to be more of cohesive slab at the top of our runs. Large shooting cracks and settlements were observed. We stayed on mellow slopes and had a great day.
B1gDumpL0v,
Friday 31st January, 2025 11:00PM
Putting the tour in ski tour
Travel at and above tree line is becoming difficult due to the lack of new snow. Faceted surface snow over crusts making for slippery skin tracks and above the tree line, wind pressed snow and sun crusts necessitating the use of ski crampons. Still some good snow to be found below tree line on areas protected from sun and wind. Noted a solar triggered avalanche that appeared to be from that day.
timjamesmckee,
Saturday 25th January, 2025 11:00PM
Finger chutes
wumpfing observed on north aspects but no cracking. Dug our pit on a south aspect.
skiasessippi,
Saturday 25th January, 2025 1:00PM
Matthew Creek
Skiing in Matthew Creek area on Jan 24, we found a mix of faceted pow and wind affected snow. Average height of snow in the area was ~140cm. Wind exposed areas were scoured of new snow from prevailing SW winds. We skied North through East aspects.
npin,
Friday 24th January, 2025 11:00AM
Blowin’ in the wind
Headed up in Holt Creek zone. As soon as we left the trees found high wind and significant snow transport with slabs forming even in the bowl. Recent size 1.5 on an east aspect was seen in an obviously windloaded zone below cliffs. As we started to work up higher we encountered shooting cracks and hollow areas. With active loading abandoned plan of higher/steeper terrain and skied low angle.
lmackenzie87,
Tuesday 21st January, 2025 12:00PM
S Purcells
Observed evidence of a natural cycle from earlier this week (Wednesday/Thursday). Mostly wet loose from steep, rocky terrain on South aspects. One size 2 from a SE facing path stopped in track - did not observe the start zone to see if this was a slab.
Around 10-15cm of new snow overlies a crust on sunny aspects, or firm, wind pressed snow in the Alpine. Soft snow is best preserved at TL, but we did find evidence of the Jan 8 surface hoar in a test profile at 2360m - see snowpack tab.
Mostly dust on crust/firm conditions but still a few soft turns to be had!
npin,
Saturday 18th January, 2025 3:00PM
Pyramid Pow
Great snow and no signs of instability.
marctrudeau36,
Thursday 16th January, 2025 11:00PM
Wind scoured
Howling alpine wind fairly constant Jan 12 pm through Jan 16. Most alpine aspects and really anywhere open enough for wind to flow was more wind scoured than wind loaded. Occasional small wind slabs and isolated drifts. Varying snow depths: probing 50cm before tree band. 150cm in trees. 200cm beyond trees and 280cm beyond that in drift. Snow undisturbed by wind was 150cm.
Temps were warm but stayed below freezing. Mostly sun on Monday but mostly overcast otherwise. Storming (snow and wind) on Thursday.
Snow quality varied quite a bit in the area. Mostly there were no signs of instability with a very solid right side up base, no layers, with either wind scoured snow on top or preserved high quality powder. Solar aspects were sun crusted. However in one basin the snow was between 50-70cm deep, faceted and unconsolidated top to bottom (elevation 2000 - 2150m)
Jan 16 observed 1cm per hour snow fall in the am with high winds. An avalanche approx. 1.5, natural in slide path, S facing. Presumably due to sun day prior. (see image)
Challenging, but not impossible, to find quality snow unaffected by wind or sun. When we found it the skiing was excellent.
jimn,
Thursday 16th January, 2025 10:00AM
Windslabs and wind effect
Skied at Jumbo on the 13th and 14th. There was strong NW winds on the 13th that unfortunately completely hammered all open slopes. Still great skiing in the trees (20cm ski pen), but anything exposed to wind was terrible. We remote triggered a size 1 windslab on the 13th on the crossloaded easterly slope at treeline (see photos), and another group had triggered a similar avalanche nearby. These appeared to be failing on the Jan 7th surface hoar which was size 6mm and down 20-30cm in sheltered areas. We also saw several naturals alpine and treeline, E aspects, up to size 2, which looked to be similar depth and were propagating far across features. Wouldn’t recommend heading to the alpine any time soon, but there's good tree skiing to be had.
Alex Grierson,
Tuesday 14th January, 2025 11:00AM
Still Amazing!
Riding quality was awesome on all aspect apart from SW ridge top where wind affected snow was present.
JonBeaupre,
Sunday 12th January, 2025 7:00AM
Molars North
MG001,
Saturday 11th January, 2025 12:20PM
T2.5 Skier Accidental
ryeharvey,
Saturday 11th January, 2025 12:00PM
Windslab are now reactive !
tlaberge,
Saturday 11th January, 2025 11:00AM
Wind in the alpine
Skied North facing aspects from a high point of 2270m. Low to moderate winds at tree line and apparent wind transport as evidenced by numerous size 1 releases from steep rocky terrain. Wind affected snow in open areas and at tree line and above.
timjamesmckee,
Friday 10th January, 2025 11:00PM