Sea To Sky, British Columbia
Hanging Lake
Sea To Sky:
Brandywine,
14 hours ago
Observation
Ski cut of a convex roll triggered a sz 1 that ran for about 30m on the latest storm snow interface (~30cm slab).
1 photos
Jan 4th 2023
Sea To Sky:
Brandywine,
16 hours ago
Observation
Avalanche observation by austyn.vv, seen near Brandywine, reported on Sat 4th Feb, 2023 5:45PM
Paul Ridge
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
17 hours ago
Observation
We found about 20cm of new snow from last night that fell warm and heavy up to the top of Paul Ridge. We skied the north side of the ridge in open trees and the snow was less reactive overall than we expected.
1 photos
Hanging Lake Trees
Sea To Sky:
Brandywine,
17 hours ago
Observation
Multiple hand shear tests had a moderate SP break down 30cm on the bond with the new storm snow.
2 photos
Heavy and wet
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
18 hours ago
Observation
Heavy wet snow on Paul's ridge. Ski penetration 10cm, foot penetration 20cm. No natural signs of avalanche but heavy wet sluff was happy to run on 40+ degree slopes.
Saturday February 4th
Avalanche Canada, 18 hours ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Snowing in the Parking Lot
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
1 day ago
Observation
Started snowing while we were in the parking lot leaving at Noon on Friday.
Friday February 3rd
Avalanche Canada, 1 day ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Friday February 3rd
Avalanche Canada, 1 day ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Symphony Skier Triggered 02/02
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
1 day ago
Observation
Witnessed skier triggered slide off the shoulder of Piccolo. Clearly wind slab. Ran about 20m before stopping on a bench.
Lower Disease Ridge
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
2 days ago
Observation
SH 2mm on 5cm HST overlies soft surface snow (DF) 5-15cm and MFcr.
2 photos
Windslab, N asp
Sea To Sky:
Brandywine,
2 days ago
Observation
Skied an open bowl into a small convexity. Patchy sastrugi near ridgeline became more connected further from the ridge line. Slope rolled over into a small gully covered with windblown snow. A ski cut across the gully to a high point produced a s1, between 5-10cm deep, sliding on a crust.
Phalanx Wrap Around
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
2 days ago
Observation
Shooting cracks in wind affected lee terrain near large fetch areas
2 photos
Thursday February 2nd
Avalanche Canada, 2 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Thursday February 2nd
Avalanche Canada, 2 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Wednesday February 1st
Avalanche Canada, 3 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Circle Lake - Blackcomb
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
3 days ago
Observation
Pretty good quality near boot top snow down to Circle Lake. Windslabs 10-20cm+ tightening up quickly at ridgeline and at rollovers. Lots of small loose dry in steep rocky terrain.
Tuesday January 31st
Avalanche Canada, 4 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Tuesday January 31st
Avalanche Canada, 4 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Monday January 30th
Avalanche Canada, 5 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Buried Surface Hoar
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
6 days ago
Observation
Have found a thin layer of buried surface hoar the last three days with moderate CT results, down nearly 30cm in the lee and 15cm in windward aspects. Snow pits all around 2000m near Whistler & Blackcomb.
Sz 3.5 on SW facing peak in Wedge Group
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
6 days ago
Observation
Large, almost wall to wall crown on SW face of unnamed peak S of Wedge. Observed from Decker Lake later in the day when the sertting sun really lit up the crown line. Inferred windslab/wind loaded release based on aspect but obviously no hard data.
Crusty Overlord Glacier
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
6 days ago
Observation
Strong overnight NE winds scoured most alpine slopes above the Kees and Claire hut. Skied the Overlord glacier from the Whirlwind col down to 1650m. Mixed bag of snow conditions - grabby chalky snow, supportive wind crust and light powder. Probed 180-220cm in lower glacier.
5 photos
Spearhead, Phalanx glacier and way poopy
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
6 days ago
Observation
Snow on spearhead glacier was variable, and crusty. Riding quality on lower part of phalanx glacier improved, pockets of powder in sheltered terrain. Temperatures on Way poopy were warm due to the sun, snow remained dry but icy and crusty.
Sunday January 29th
Avalanche Canada, 6 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Gargoyles and Back
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
1 week ago
Observation
Snow surface conditions along the way: - hard/thick crusts on solar aspects in the trees (it seems like snow melt off the trees created hard crust) - thin and breakable crusts on solar aspects, more of a crust on steeper slopes vs mellow - Wind effect in open areas on the south / southwest slopes of…
Rainbow traverse down east glacier
Sea To Sky:
Brandywine,
1 week ago
Observation
Traversed from rainbow lake park to rainbow summit down east glacier. Cold artic winds howling at ridgeline with lots of snow transport. East glacier was filled in with chalky to variable wind affected snow making for decent skiing. Best snow was lower in wind sheltered and north facing slopes.
1 photos
Callahan to Gin
Sea To Sky:
Brandywine,
1 week ago
Observation
Reasonable snow in the alpine above 1500 m, minor crust on south and southwest aspects. Day-old pinwheels on south facing slopes at 1700 m. Very thin (1-3 cm thick) wind slab on a west aspect. 20cm light snow below any crust sitting on a well consolidated base.
1 photos
Saturday January 28th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Garibaldi Neve
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
1 week ago
Observation
Garibaldi Neve, Jan 27th. Broke trail from Elfin on. Ski pen variable ~15cm treeline, zipper crust on solar aspects & boilerplate on the Northerly side of the glacier. Not much for good skiing but great views. Breakable crust on lake - suffer fest to end the day.
2 photos
Spearhead
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
1 week ago
Observation
Had a lovely sunny day on the Spearhead. One other party of patrollers who got an early start but otherwise we had the range to ourselves. Almost all aspects and elevations in the traverse had some surface or very near surface crust, either rime or sun.
Friday January 27th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Round
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
1 week ago
Observation
CTH22(RP) down 15cm CTM17(RP) down 15cm 2x DTN down 125cm on dec.25 crust Some instabilities in the upper snowpack, but generally the snow pack seems to be very well bonded 20-175cm down. Hard to say if the alpine snowpack is the same
1 photos
Thursday January 26th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Spearhead Glacier - Vista - Decker Lake tour
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
1 week ago
Observation
Quick tour - East Col to Spearhead Glacier, Vista Bowl, Decker Lake and then out to Circle Lake and exited via Body Bag. Pretty consistent wind effect with breakable crust to various degrees on all aspects.
Rainbow Summit
Sea To Sky:
Brandywine,
1 week ago
Observation
Sun was out in force and sun effect becoming more and more prevalent throughout day. Very limited ski penetration in alpine (wind scoured areas). Some soft snow to be found (corn like skiing) on certain slopes. Soft snow on most aspects (excluding north) was destroyed by sun. Very heavy.
Wednesday January 25th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Fissile Exit
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
1 week ago
Observation
Confirmed Jan 13 crust as bed surface. Post pit showed us a CT 14 SP down 30 on a crust. Top 30cm is a stiffer (4F-1F) slab.
4 photos
Tuesday January 24th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Monday January 23rd
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Round Mountain
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
1 week ago
Observation
Lots of fresh snow from storm on 1/22, quite busy in the morning with low visibility from fog for a short amount of time. Later on in the morning visibility was great, light cloud coverage. Snowpack seemed to be in good shape, no signs of instability, light fluffy powder about 30cm depth on top.
Rethel Couloir
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
1 week ago
Observation
We did not see any avalanche activity on north aspects, on southern aspects there was some wind effect making for small slides. In Rethel couloir we did not find any sign of instability or significant layers after digging ~1.5m down. Fist snow until about 30 cm down, then 4 finger for the rest.
3 photos
Disease and bodybag
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
1 week ago
Observation
2 laps on bodybag bowl via the east col route and one lap halfway up disease ridge. No whumpfing or other signs of instabilities. One or two loose wet releases on solar aspects in bodybag by end of day.
2 photos
Flute Mellow Tour
Sea To Sky:
Spearhead,
1 week ago
Observation
Performed an ECT and CT, see picture. CT had many results, with what I believed was SC characteristics (we just did our ASTs so take this report with a grain of salt). We then performed an ECT with no propagating results. The density of the snowpack was right side up.
2 photos
Sunday Elfin Tour
Sea To Sky:
Garibaldi,
1 week ago
Observation
Fun, day touring out to Elfin for a workout. Snow was deep and fluffy off the skin track.
5 photos
Sunday January 22nd
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus
Saturday January 21st
Avalanche Canada, 2 weeks ago
Forecast
Regions:
Sea To Sky, Brandywine, Garibaldi, Homathko, Powell River, Spearhead, Stave, Tantalus