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Beach Day ☀️

Published: May 3rd, 2026

Temps were 5-10 deg. warmer than forecasted in the alpine. As a result, by 9-10am wet loose and rockfall were observed on all aspects.

Spearhead South to North

Published: Apr 25th, 2026

Did Spearhead from Whistler to Blackcomb on Saturday. Busy day in the Alpine with lots of parties going from Blackcomb, conditions were stellar and sunny all day. Never got too hot. - Access via singing pass is a pleasant hike till 1500 m - Glaciers are very filled in and in top shape. Probed to over 2.5m on the Overlord. - Conditions were firm all day going in this direction and having cleared the main south slopes by 11AM. - Ski crampons mandatory and good edges good to have - Naden to Ripsaw crux went just fine on lookers left of the rappel (big snow ramp) but rappel was fine going up according to another party who followed our steps. - Some avi/cornice debris to deal with on the high traverses - Exit via Blackcomb is in good shape, but required some short walks in the lower sections and not liking your ski bases too much

Cloudburst -- good shape! Mind the cornice!

Published: Apr 25th, 2026

A good spring mission to cloudburst. We utilized the logging road network to hike up to 1000m where we found skinnable and skiiable conditions. Be very careful of the summit cornice. It's barely hanging in there!

Spearhead traverse in a day

Published: Apr 24th, 2026

Spearhead in a day. Snow was pretty solid requiring ski crampons for almost all climbs. Beautiful day with occasional light winds. Saw a few days old broken cornices and small wet loose from warmer weather but no evidence on instabilities Friday. Skied down and around the rapel on overlord rapel is definitely longer than years past >15m. Biggest issue was coming down Olympic run below green chair as it has been torn up by snow cats and was a refrozen mess so care was taken with a few muddy portages.

Cloudburst Mountain

Published: Apr 19th, 2026

Nch’Kay NEF

Published: Apr 18th, 2026

Splitter conditions up Garibaldi on Saturday. Parked just below 1000m and set off around 5am. Managed to stay ahead of FL all morning until we got back to the ridge. Bergshrund was still crossable without faff but the edges are opening. Might even look a lot different by the time this report is written. Solid boot pack from the shrund up to the summit. Boot crampons helpful but we managed without them. Wind affected from summit down the Warren Gl as expected, but the NW aspects were nice and fluffy in the morning.

Serratus Summit

Published: Apr 19th, 2026

Avalanche skiers left of Saucer Chute

Published: Apr 16th, 2026

We witnessed this size ~1.5 avalanche from a distance minutes after it happened. Manage to communicate with group. They confirmed they were okay but lost gear (could see them probing), likely skis. Didn’t see the slide happening but suspect last skier triggered it. We skied Saucer chute earlier that day, it had ran during the last storm but was otherwise great.

Spearhead traverse near Mount Benvolio

Published: Apr 16th, 2026

Cornice releases probably the day before. Some large pinwheels in other areas South to north traverse. Powder was nice in the am

Pattison NW Face

Published: Apr 16th, 2026

Skied the NW face - apologies for the bootpacking mess on the summit. We had no tracks to follow and checked out three possible entrances, opting for far lookers right - downclimbed into position after a belayed recon. I'm sure local badasses just ski off the top into this line but the idea made me throw up a little. First couple turns = supportive crust and sugary snow, then windpressed/scoured, then great powder over a crust in parts. No surprise wind pockets - it was all sluff management. Shoutout to the dudes that put in an uptrack/bootpack to the north facing line on the open face far lookers left - we gladly followed after the NW face. Similar snow conditions to the NW face. We experienced rapid warming on south slopes on the approach - cloud cover from 2pm onwards preserved a lot of the unconsolidated snow we found in the area. Very happy those skiers on Trorey were ok - we saw the slide from Pattison and it propagated wide.

Blackcomb windslabs

Published: Apr 16th, 2026

In addition to wind W and E facing slabs reported by other MINs, we observed a sz 1.5 wind slab release near rocky areas with one skier caught, not injured, skiers right of 9th hole on N aspect as we were exiting. Snow on North aspects held 15 cm of dry nice snow. Exit on Corona was sporty but goes all the way to the village. We probed to >3.30m on the Spearhead glacier where coverage seemed great.

base of wedge NW couloir

Published: Apr 16th, 2026

booting to get to bottom of couloir, felt first whumfing, spaced out, then a few more steps and felt a large whumf and saw 10m long shooting crack above us covering most of the slope we were traversing.

Trorey E face slide

Published: Apr 16th, 2026

Remote triggered a wind slab that propagated over the most of Trorey E face. No one got caught. ~10 cm deep. Also triggered another slide during a belayed ski cut on Decker Main, about 15 m wide and 20-30 cm deep. Turned around.

Powder n Ice

Published: Apr 15th, 2026

Went to attempt the spearheaded as plan A, or some laps in on the Tremor glacier as plan B, with a nice dusting of fresh snow. Cutting the skintrack out of Blackcomb glacier the sun was out and the snow was feeling good. Traversing circle Lake we set of a couple micro windslabs and did hear some small 'woofs'. Taking caution heading up decker we noticed very variable snow depth and quality. 2-15cm of snow on hard pack or blue ice. I approached the crest at the top of the decker glacier and my partner stayed clear 50+ away and observed. I set off a bomb shell woof that my partner felt under their feet as well. I slowly backed down out skin trak and we transitioned. Our plan was to head to the base of the Tremor glacier for a lap, as clouds were rolling in aggressively. Skiing down past Decker lake I fell into a huge hole in the rocks that the new snow had concealed. At this point we took all the signs and decided to hike back to decker and do 1 more lap down beside our previous skin track. Was not the day we hoped for but still go some blind powder skiing in so no complaints! Definitely not spring skiing like the previous couple weeks.

Fun turns before 12

Published: Apr 11th, 2026

Fire Spires Isotherm

Published: Apr 10th, 2026

Snow conditions report for 2 day trip to the Fire Spires: - Snow line at ~1000m - Very hot by the afternoon, snow had gone fully isothermal. Good refreezes overnight. - Surprisingly saw almost no movement / anything sloughing in the hot sun even late in the afternoon - Lots of signs of previous wet loose slides that were a few days old - South chute up to Terrarosa glacier had largest pinwheels I've ever seen, the size of small cars

Brew-Callaghan Area

Published: Apr 5th, 2026

Skiied from Brew to Callaghan. Hard crust in open alpine slopes in the morning and started softening @ ~10am and we didn't experience hard crust for the rest of the day all the way to 2,300m; crust never formed in the trees. Towards the end of the day @ ~6pm we found surprisingly good powder in sun-sheltered N aspects down to ~2000m, but most other N aspects had a breakable crust which transitioned to pure moist snow below 1,500m. Open aspects down to ~1,000m had refrozen by the evening; it definitely feels like we're entering spring conditions with an evident diurnal cycle on all but the most sheltered areas (at least up to 2,300m). Many steep W faces all produced significant wet loose from the Friday warming with not much new activity noticed throughout the day. Never got cold enough for any avi debris we skiied through to refreeze. Experienced a significant but isolated whumpf on a flat rounded ridgetop @ ~1,950m. Not much activity on N faces aside some small wet loose on the steepest faces. Didn't notice any fresh cornice activity, but some isolated wind-lip features did have some partial collapses in relatively mellow terrain. These features seemed stable enough that we noticed a few snowmobile tracks hucking off of them. Also saw snowmobile tracks in restricted zones, but I digress.

Whirlwind, Cowboy Ridge, Musical Bumps

Published: Apr 5th, 2026

We attempted to get out early enough to beat the heat and shoot for Banana Chute but it was very hot very early so we changed course and went up Whirlwind. Lots of wet loose slides coming off of south facing steep slopes. At the summit of Whirlwind, over a period of 10 minutes, we watched about 5-6 separate wet loose slides on backside of Overlord/Refuse pinnacle. Snow on ski out was soft from sun. On our way out we skied Cowboy Ridge - it was very soft slushy snow. Skiing on cowboy created some decent sized roller balls but they didn’t pick up much momentum.

Vista Bowl Cornice Failure

Published: Apr 4th, 2026

Cornice failure appeared to be from April 1st or 2nd (Wed/Thur) as the debris zone was covered with the light snowfall from one of those days. No skier or rider involvements.

Garibaldi Neve

Published: Apr 4th, 2026

skin wax recommended! wet snow on solar aspects as you would expect. snow quality was better than expected - pow, zippy chalk, corn, fun skiing down sentinel glacier! the lake is frozen. shoes on at 4km down rubble creek.

Cypress Peak Area

Published: Apr 4th, 2026

Beautiful sunny day but very wet/heavy snow. Saw some debris from a large past avalanche in the bowl, and saw some very big cornices up on Cypress. First and last 6km involved a lot of boot packing before we could fully switch to skinning.

Sproatt Saturday

Published: Apr 4th, 2026

Toasty one! The heat really got to treeline today resulting in wet loose naturals. In the morning there was wind/storm slab 10-30cm at treeline that became iso (hot pow) on a bomber crust resulting in natural and human (sled + ski) small wet slab avalanches in the afternoon. We sledded cautiously avoiding wind loaded features and rode some hot pow mellow lines.

Breakable Crust

Published: Apr 3rd, 2026

Widespread 3cm breakable weak melt freeze crust below 1900m on all aspects. Ok on a snowboard, terrible on skis. Moderate S winds

Pocket Glacier

Published: Apr 1st, 2026

Triggered a size 1 avalanche going up whirlwind col on pocket Glacier. Recent snow accumulation and wind had the snow go from a few cm to at least 40-50cm within a few meters. Triggered the slab then a secondary slab under it that was about 5-10cm.

Elfin Lakes Shelter

Published: Mar 28th, 2026

Surface warmed to about 0 degrees Friday at treeline resulting in a wet and heavy surface layer that was well bonded to the crust below, about 30-40 cm deep. Temp dropped below freezing on Saturday at treeline and snow stayed consistent across all aspects. Avoided overhead cornices and the less steep terrain was riding consistent across all aspects and noticed no snow instability as a result of the temperature shifts during the weekend, but observed some snow depth inconsistency from winds earlier in the week.

Icecap glide avalanche

Published: Mar 30th, 2026

Some avy pics during the AR event or wind loading event after up the Pemberton Icecap. Seems like the whole snowpack slid off a ridge on Torah Peak . GE pic for location

Graupel

Published: Mar 29th, 2026

A thin layer of graupel fell as we were heading up to Disease Ridge. This was followed by 3-5cm of soft snow.

Graupel

Published: Mar 29th, 2026

A thin layer of graupel fell whilst we were heading up towards Disease Ridge, followed by soft snow.

Banana Chute - Icy boot pack sections

Published: Mar 29th, 2026

Travelled to Fissile from Flute, Banana Chute boot pack was pretty soft snow until about 50m from the ridge entry, it turned to almost sheet ice/deep ice crust. Was harder travelling through without cramp ons on the snowboard boots, luckily my mate had cramp ons his ski boots and was able to lead punching good foot holds. Top of the ridge has obviously seen a lot of wind/solar affect. Was hard icy until you arrive at the too of the Chute. Ski cut showed no instability. Left side of chute quite hard packed/crusty. Some small sections releasing 2-3cm wind crust layer on more aggressive turns, not propagating. Bottom half of the chute way better snow from wall to wall. It has recovered well from the slide reported in another MIN from a week ago, soft good turns in deep ish powder, a few debris felt here and there but nothing that felt too dangerous to hit on the exit.

DOA🧊

Published: Mar 28th, 2026

DOA was an icey wind tunnel the whole way through. Some patches of blue ice, several people took tumbles down the pipe. The right side of the dividing boulder near the entrance looked to have a small pocket of wind slab. Apron however had some great turns of consolited powder, why did not feel slabby.

Southern Tantalus

Published: Mar 28th, 2026

Went up into the Tantalus yesterday (by foot) for a "day" trip. Put skis on at 1000m, little to no avalanche activity other than small solar point releases. Conditions were windy and cool at 1800m, 30 cms of new snow from last storm up high. Some cornice debris noted. Ski quality was a little heavy and catchy but still decent. Some creeks now open (last weeks atmospheric river). Scenery was second to none.

Trorey Gl

Published: Mar 28th, 2026

We accessed Trorey Glacier from the South approach and Decker / Trorey col. Cornices along the ridge by Trorey were very large and sagging. Strong SE winds all day with lots of snow moving around. South facing ridge approaches and egress via body bag were icy. Ski crampons came in handy. Ski quality on Trorey glacier was wind pressed but consistent and good quality. Decker glacier was far more variable. No wind slab instabilities noted. Cloud was in and out in the morning with longer sunny spells in the afternoon. Lots of parties out today and a few heading for the traverse.

Snow Conditions Phalanx

Published: Mar 27th, 2026

Rode Spearhead Glacier (awesome snow) to Phalanx which was another story. The top had wind effect snow. On the boot pack to foon alley we got a little to close to the cornice. And my partner fell into a snow covered hollow spot in between the cornice and the rocks. The cornices are very large and over hanging wise to give them a lot of room. Foon Alley was terrible it had slide to the hard crust underneath. And the lower pitch below the chute was not much better. Top of poop chutes were pure ice would not recommend in these conditions

Calm before the warm

Published: Mar 27th, 2026

No signs of cracking or whumpfing on the way up. Generally good conditions but noticeable wind effect depending on aspect. SW facing slopes were pretty wind affected, while NE aspects showed more obvious wind loading. Dug a quick pit near the top of the ski area, found about 30 cm of wind-loaded snow sitting on a really solid, consolidated base. Did a quick informal column test with no major red flags, but the wind slab was definitely present. Skiing was a bit variable due to wind deposits, soft and light in sheltered areas, but more inconsistent where the wind had moved things around. As temps warmed into midday, the snow got a bit heavier. No signs of natural avalanche activity or major movement throughout the day, though we did notice some minor sluffing/slab reactivity on steeper slopes. Kept things conservative, stayed away from steep terrain and focused on lower angle slopes where the turns were good.

Hogs want wedge

Published: Mar 27th, 2026

Sproatt conditions

Published: Mar 26th, 2026

No coverage from parking lot but skinnable after 15 min of hiking. The road has enough coverage for careful skiing but watch for rocks. Coverage improved rapidly with elevation and above 1000m. Light to moderate snow throughout the day, cold temps and no sun made for great skiing conditions. 30-40 cm of unconsolidated snow that was very well preserved in the trees. Below that a supportive crust. Hand pints on north aspects 1300-1600 m showed resistant planer results. No signs of instabilities. Did not venture higher than 1600 m due to poor vis and wind.

Banana Chute slide on Fissile Peak

Published: Mar 23rd, 2026

Skier triggered wind slab, no burial. Ran the entire length of the chute.

Black Tusk

Published: Mar 24th, 2026

Quick recap: hiked to one of the subpeaks of the Black Tusk (listed as "Black Tusk S1" on some maps) on March 23. A very hard, icy, wind-affected crust was present throughout the treeline and alpine. No signs of instability on our route up to 2100m. Detailed recap: Conditions were M/L/L for the day, and weather was mostly sunny. Snow/ice started halfway up the Rubble Creek trail to Taylor Meadows campground. 3-5cm of light snow on top of a hard crust throughout the entire meadows. We could easily walk on top of the crust without breaking through. Because of the forecast wind slab problem on all slopes except S/SW, we did not take the normal summer trail that curls around the east side of Black Tusk S1. Instead, we approached from the S/SW slope, going up the slopes between Black Tusk SW1 and Black Tusk S1. The entire ascent had a hard crust (likely owing to the rain/wind from last week). Around 1900-2000 meters and above, protected areas had more snow than ice, but still on a firm crust. Overall, perfect conditions for hiking, and likely terrible for skiing. Picture 1: Panorama Ridge in the foreground; Castle Towers, The Sphinx, etc. in the background. Signs of cornice failures/avalanche activity throughout. Picture 2: Typical snow/ice conditions we experienced on the ascent/descent. Very hard crust. Picture 3: View of the Black Tusk from the south subpeak/Black Tusk S1 (around 2100m elevation). As expected, lots of cornices, wind-affected terrain, etc.

Spearhead with corona bowl exit

Published: Mar 23rd, 2026

Skied various lines on N aspects into the spearhead glacier and exited via corona bowl. Skiing was very good, light winds and warmed up slightly through the day. Blackcomb skin track very icy and took a few souls! Dry powder that felt consolidated in bowls and open terrain, couldn’t get anything to react in steeper and convex sections. Minimal wind slab on Lee slopes, was more loose dry powder that was 10-20cm deep. Loose slide from Sunday still evident and shows there could be reactive pockets on steep slopes. Rain crust more prominent below 2100m but with dry snow on top it was still good skiing. Variable and crusty on ridges and windswept slopes. Solar aspects have formed a crust and are variable. Lots of debris in the corona and Husume exits

Soft slab on the spearhead

Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

Skinned out to the blackcomb backcountry. The approach up the blackcomb glacier was very icy. Snow was generally good quality over the east col and towards spearhead glacier. Unfortunately ended up triggering a soft slab and one skier was carried a little ways until he rode out of it. Otherwise a good day with good turns.

Watersprite Mar 20-22

Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

Spent 3 days at the hut. As expected conditions weren't great. Approach to the hut was fine. Still winter above the hut. Sign of old avalanche from earlier in the week. Some of the south faces had slid. We enjoyed lots of card games at the hut. Snowed a little (3-4cm overnight) on Saturday night.

Parkhurst Couloir

Published: Mar 21st, 2026

Went up to wedgemont lake area , rain crust present until 2100m. Numerous slides (size 2 - 2.5) from the last 48 hours observed. 5-10cm windslab present on wedge glacier and on leeward slopes. Generally unconsolodated powder in parkhurst couloir. Corn skiing on the way back down on solar facing slopes.

Body Bag to Circle Lake

Published: Mar 21st, 2026

Skied down to circle lake via body bag. Icy travel conditions down lower which turned into a thick crust once out of the trees. Numerous old wet slides and cornice failures all over, up to size 2. Skiing was variable, mostly soft crust with some slightly better wind loaded spots. Didn’t have much reactivity with these spots. Ski out of Blackcomb glacier looking a bit rough, creeks no longer fully bridged at the exit.

Disease ridge

Published: Mar 20th, 2026

Sun came out so poked around on disease ridge up to about 2150m. Winds were absolutely ripping out of the south. Below 2000m snowpack is saturated with slight rain crust. Above 2000m punchy, variable snow. Boot pen in some areas. Hand shears produced resistant planar results about 30cm deep in wind affected areas. Significant natural wet loose avalanche activity on steeper parts of decker west ridge and disease ridge

🌧️ Do you like Piña Colada's...? 🎵 🌧️🍍

Published: Mar 18th, 2026

We sledded up Miller Ridge north of Pemberton today in the middle of the absolute deluge that is hitting the coast. Conditions were pretty severe with non-stop rain and strong south to southwest wind above treeline. The alpine needs time to adjust yet. Visibility is near zero, getting there is rough, and it’s not worth it right now. We avoided all avalanche terrain and linked low-angle slopes to get out and have a look around at the impact of the storm. It rained up to about 1950 m, with precipitation just starting to transition to snow around 2000 m. During a brief break in the clouds, we saw that large storm slabs had failed naturally in a north-facing alpine bowl across the valley with impressive propagation (see photo). In another north-facing bowl just above treeline, we observed small slabs that entrained snow as they descended the slope and resulted in loose wet avalanches. (see second photo). At and below treeline, the storm’s impact on the snowpack feels like it has peaked. Rain was actively draining through the snowpack, with runnels forming on the surface. Skiing quality was, frankly, terrible, but sled travel wasn’t the worst. That said, this is very much a “making lemonade out of lemons” kind of day. We had a good look around, stayed disciplined with terrain, and came away pretty encouraged for the future. This storm is a full reset for the snowpack, which should set the table nicely for spring adventures once temperatures return to normal.

Photos not coming though on desktop TEST

Published: Mar 17th, 2026

We sledded up Miller Ridge north of Pemberton today in the middle of the absolute deluge 🌊 that is hitting the coast. Conditions were pretty severe with non stop rain and strong south to southwest wind above treeline. The alpine needs time to adjust yet. Visibility is near zero, getting there is rough, and it’s not worth it right now. We avoided all avalanche terrain and linked low-angle slopes to get out and have a look around at the impact of the storm. It rained up to about 1950 m, with precipitation just starting to transition to snow around 2000 m. During a brief break in the clouds, we saw that large storm slabs had failed naturally in a north-facing alpine bowl across the valley with impressive propagation (see photo). In another north-facing bowl just above treeline, we observed small slabs that entrained snow as they descended the slope and resulted in loose wet avalanches. (see second photo). At and below treeline, the storm’s impact on the snowpack feels like it has peaked. Rain was actively draining through the snowpack, with runnels forming on the surface. Skiing quality was, frankly, terrible, but sled travel wasn’t the worst. That said, this is very much a “making lemonade out of lemons” kind of day. 🍋We had a good look around, stayed disciplined with terrain, and came away pretty encouraged for the future. This storm is a full reset for the snowpack, which should set the table nicely for spring adventures once temperatures return to normal.

Journeyman, wet slab

Published: Mar 16th, 2026

Trorey A+

Published: Mar 14th, 2026

Skied Trorey NE face. North/NE aspects had lovely fluffy powder, 20 to 25 cm deep. South aspects were in rough shape with breakable crust and icy spots. There was evidence of wind loading at ridgelines. Cornices are burly in places. A group of two triggered a small point release loose dry slough in steep terrain heading up to the col north of Mount Pattison (no involvement, W aspect). The NE ridge of Trorey had a suspicious wind slab bulge and we boot packed the standard route up the SE ridge. Minimal slab development where we dropped in, though we avoided the convex roll nearer the summit.

S2 Full Propagation

Published: Mar 14th, 2026

Flute cruiser, Apostle, 420, singing pass

Published: Mar 13th, 2026

No visible signs of avalanche activity as far as the eye could see. TL skiing is good. The heavy S winds affected any micro aspect they could get their hands on. With random thin spots showing up that wasn't truly polar or protected. 420 gets thinner at about 1600m with the crust more present. Looks like most people out today stuck to the safety of low angle TL slopes. Singing pass had a bit more coverage down low than a week ago with only a couple tricky spots. The suns punch was pretty much negated by cool temps.

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