South Coast Inland
Cheam is still in
Road was in up to 1200m, stopped by snow. 4x4 with good clearance required. 2 washouts to be mindful of. Walked to 1350m then skis on to 1800m where boot packing began. Lots of old avvy debris, up to 2.5. No current activity observed. Snow started supportive crusty but evolved to nice corn then gluey mashed potatoes below 1500m mid-afternoon.
Skied from the summit down slopes up to 40 degrees. 4 easy creeks to cross. Superb day.
brian.thornburn,
Thursday 8th May, 2025 9:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Published: Apr 28th, 2025Nak/Thar and Zoa!
Spent the last three nights touring at the Coq! We did two days at Zoa (Friday and Sunday) and Saturday up at Nak/Thar. Snow is getting pretty lean at the highway there’s about a 300m bootpack up the pipeline before you hit enough snow to put your skis on for Zoa.
Thar, on the other hand, was a different story. Travel was very tough on the way up through the willows and just as challenging on the way down (wouldn’t recommend it, haha).
Snow depths ranged from 80cm in the trees to 250 cm in the alpine depending on aspect.
Really fun skiing once you're above the treeline. Go out and get after it!
P.S. I did spot some bear prints on the NE side of Zoa Ridge.
wkanigan,
Sunday 27th April, 2025 7:00PM
Matier NW Face - Mind the Cornice
Skied Aussie & Matier NW face.
Beware of big cornice overhanging Matier NW face - looks primed to rip at any moment.
Conditions were great. Solid refreeze overnight, slightly colder than expected temps. Solar aspects were cooked by early afternoon, high north faces remained firm.
SLocke,
Saturday 26th April, 2025 3:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Cornices.
Published: Apr 17th, 2025upper Hurley
Lots of old big wet slides. A few newer one from the last storm. Lots of timber getting smashed
baofengcanada,
Wednesday 16th April, 2025 8:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices.
Published: Apr 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 13th, 2025Thar Couloir
Was snowshoeing until across falls lake to the courier then switched to Crampons.
About 300m from the ridge is where the avalanche started, brought down one of our team members. Luckily they were able to stay above the snow and stop themselves after the snow settled. Then turned back to check on the teammate and make sure there was no injuries and headed back to the vehicle's.
makaylagabob05,
Sunday 13th April, 2025 10:00AM
Daly
Depending on the aspect anywhere from 0 to 40+cm of powder on top of a hard crust. Several small breaks (see pictures) observed on north facing aspects led to additional caution.
douglasvis,
Sunday 13th April, 2025 10:00AM
Sunny with a chance of Cornices
Our group completed a triple crown today around the Joffre area. The area was quite busy with a mix of snowshoers and skiers in the area.
The weather was bluebird, with no wind.
We reached the top of Aussie Couloir @10:30am. Approx 2-3cm of crust overlaid consolidated snow. Intense warming was evident, and the snow was very heavy at the top. While transitioning, another party had a very close call with a massive cornice when it unexpectedly dropped, with their party member just half a meter away. Quite the experience, but a kind lesson to all of us involved to not inch even a bit past the last signs of rocks.
We then skied the NW Matier face, which held consolidated powder which resulted in some great turns.
Overhanging the skin track to Slalok were a set of cornices, which we passed through as quickly as possible. We were rewarded with the best turns of the day on Slalok.
Other than loose dry, loose wet, and the cornice drop, we did not encounter other signs of instability.
DavK,
Sunday 13th April, 2025 10:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 5th, 2025Lazy Boy
Day trip to Lazy Boy.
No signs of recent avalanches. Lots of old avalanches (Size 2 to 3) on Ottoman all the way to the bottom of Lazy Boy on north and south aspects. Seemed to have stepped down to the persistent slab.
Crown / start zone on ridge crest (wind slabs?) and thin rocky spots.
Good spring melt freeze at treeline, not there yet in the alpine.
nicolas.2,
Saturday 5th April, 2025 2:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Apr 1st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 31st, 2025Cheam Peak valley
Toured up the Cheam access trail. Road is as awful as usual with a couple of new washouts. Snow line 850m so skinned in from there with a bit of rain. Lots of skis-off creek crossings. The added distance thwarted any meaningful ascent. Saw many wet slab debris fields on west aspects of alpine slopes. Picture is of a 2.5. Snow was 4 to 6 inches of wet on bullet proof crust, so avoided steep features. Temp -1 to + 1.
brian.thornburn,
Monday 31st March, 2025 12:00AM
Zoa Peak
Good day skiing at Zoa Peak. Stayed on the north aspects as much as possible for better riding quality. No signs of instability.
Small amount of powder on top of a crust
loganjoe1997,
Sunday 30th March, 2025 9:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 30th, 2025Vicuña matata
Did a long day of ski-mo with Lytton. Parked at Zopkios parking area, went up and down the the saddle east of Zupjok, across the valley to Vicuña/Guanaco col, and back the same way.
-2 C when we started at 5:45 am from parking lot. Heavy crème brûlée snow on the way up and down the saddle. Skiing down the saddle was icy and did not break the crust while skiing. Fun times. Saddle at approx 1520m
As the sunny day progressed, snow slowly became more wet. By the time we reached the uphill of the col, snow was wet and felt like spring corn. Small size 1, wet loose avalanches were witnessed off the south face of Vicuña around 1300 but no other signs of instability were witnessed. Climbing from the col at 1900m to the peak around 2150m was packed powder. Small cornices on north/leeward side looked intact. Skiing would be good if it wasn’t mostly rock on the NE ridge.
Skiing down around 1530, very good spring corn on alpine slopes very few people have hit. Lots of fun. Saw a size 1.5 avalanche on the east face of alpaca at this time off another slabby face.
Ski descent was finished at valley bottom, 1250m, around 1730. Conditions devolved to mashed potato and crust in sun protected areas. Very mixed. But snow continued to be well consolidated.
When we finally reached the saddle again, the north aspect was crusty and icy, difficult to skin up. Similar conditions to morning and we reached the saddle around 2100. Skiing down south side was bad skiing, constantly breaking through thick crust to hit wet loose snow underneath. Skin out was similar.
Spring is here. Overall, higher elevations will have good powder, but lower elevations will be well consolidated, wet, and possibly crusty from overnight freeze.
john.wettstone,
Sunday 30th March, 2025 4:00PM
PWL still alive!
Lots of snow transport from wind at all ridgelines, enough to cover bootpacks and skin tracks. Solar aspects up to mountaintop got wet/moist.
Observed a ton of natural avalanches which seems to have cleared much of the PWL below 2400m. However, on a steep sheltered NE slope found a firm supportive wind affected 20cm layer on top of a ~15cm layer of huge facets above 2400m!
Going forward I'd be wary of any steep sheltered aspects in high alpine sliding on this PWL; and even if it does slide it'll make for crappy skiing on the bed surface (Like Matier NW face which hasn't slid yet). Best skiing is on the open faces in the lower alpine.
SkiVM,
Sunday 30th March, 2025 1:00PM
Wendy Thompson
Sunday - observed debris from lots of wet loose avalanches, size 1-2. Did not appear to step down to deeper PWL. Skiing slushy low angle slopes was great. North slopes were still powdery.
Monday - white out, clearing in the late afternoon. 1-2cm new snow throughout the day.
Tuesday - 5-8cm new snow overnight. Sunny. Dust on crust, but skiied well. Especially on north aspects. Very warm by midday when we left.
ellika.cairns,
Sunday 30th March, 2025 12:00PM
Thar N Couloir
Climbed up Thar N couloir. There is a size 3 that has ran down to the lake (1300m) and started around 1750m. Looks to have been started from cornice fall.
1600m and below snow varied between knife ice and a breakable crust making travel conditions interesting.
Above 1600m ~10cm of dry snow could be found wind deposited into the old avalanche paths. This would slide relatively easily as a cohesive slab with a simple hand shear but was only in very isolated areas.
Above the start zone there was 5-15cm of snow on a hard crust. Testing with a simple hand shear it was more difficult to get this to move as a cohesive slab. We saw no other signs of instability.
We summited Thar and rode down the south side. Snow was very wet and heavy. A couple size 1s below rocky cliffs were seen on the way down. No other signs of instability were seen.
heathtanderson,
Sunday 30th March, 2025 12:00PM
Surveying the damage
Went for a walk from Cerise to Van Horlick taking in Vantage and Caspar along the way.
Ski quality was ok up high. ~10cm powder on a supportive crust, with ridge crest a bit more variable and breakable. No signs of instability today - it was cooler and windier than we expected up high.
We witnessed the damage from a huge cycle during the rain last week, probably the biggest we’d all ever seen on the coast. Almost every drainage, at all aspects and elevations, had large crowns up to size 3.5. Many of these had stepped down multiple times. Some photos are attached.
kenyonslaneym,
Sunday 30th March, 2025 7:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Honeymoon Sled Area
Merritt Snowmobile Club had their Spring Fling Ride in the Honeymoon area on Sat. Noted a few avalanche runs as seen in the picture.
simon.rizzardo,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 2:00PM
Tszil
Today on March 29th we found good skiing on the Tszil glacier. There was 5-20 of new snow on the crust with isolated pockets of soft (4F) windslab. The new snow tappers quickly around 1700m. The crust was 5cm thick at 2200m and the snow was dry underneath. The crust was supportive all the way to the lake (1600m). HS on the glacier is 320+. Our original plan was to ski Heart Strings as well, but skiing below 1600m in the trees (or anything but a summer trail) would be heinous.
Nolan Haas,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 12:04PM
Silver Daisy
Decent snow conditions overall. Solar effect considerable in areas.
alpacadave68,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 10:00AM
Lazy boy
Many very large 3-3.5 size slides on all aspects, none appeared to have slid today
daveslade14,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 9:40AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Chief Pascal
Incredibly heavy and wet snow right up to 1600m.
sezshep,
Tuesday 25th March, 2025 10:00AM
Lone Goat Size 2 + Size 1 Av skiers right 3rd shoot
nicolashochereau,
Tuesday 25th March, 2025 8:50AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Wendy Thompson Hut conditions
Skied Saturday thru Monday at the Wendy Thompson hut. On Monday, heard a big avalanche in the distance west of the hut while skiing dense trees at 1875m above the hut. The loud noise lasted 8 or 9 seconds. Due to stormy weather and low visibility, I could not see the slide. Snowing all three days. Encountered wind gusts on open slopes at treeline. Found good fun in the trees. No rain at or above the hut.
carolyn,
Monday 24th March, 2025 12:30PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Zoaaa
Good day skiing off Zoa subpeak. No signs of natural avalanche activity. Stuck to mellow slopes and some steeper pitches in the trees. Significant wind loading occurred throughout the day.
Snow was great early morning and started to become quite heavy as the day warmed up. Trees bombs and snowballing at lower elevations started around noon. 2 degrees at the parking lot around 1:30pm.
j.jonasson,
Sunday 23rd March, 2025 9:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Fun day trip to Claimstake
Surprisingly good conditions allowed for steeper than expected skiing. No visible crowns in the area, and cornices were still attached to the ridges. By the end of the day, most of the approach road was sun affected, but you can still barely ski out to the highway.
Upper slopes were soft and avoided solar effect, skied great. Upper ridge was variable. Mostly soft but some area were wind affected on the w side of the ridge, one scoured spot, a couple firm spots. Nothing whumpfed and no cracks were observed. Hasty pits didn't produce a clean shear
tarfeef101,
Saturday 22nd March, 2025 4:00PM
Iago Meadows
T.S.,
Saturday 22nd March, 2025 4:00PM
Back side Wendy Thomson hut
Lots of poor decisions were made didn’t realize how loaded the slope was that we were on until we got to the top only way out was to go back down soon as I dropped in it went whompf then saw the slab about 20 m in front of me. lessons were learned
kolthoyle,
Saturday 22nd March, 2025 3:10PM
Ignored too many red flags
Second skier down draw triggered size 1-1.5. Storm slab released with 60cm crown 40m wide. A couple small cracks in triangles of kick turns on uptrack. Dry loose was a concern. Signs of cross loading on adjacent slopes but didn’t see any on this one.
nathanbrigden,
Saturday 22nd March, 2025 12:00PM
Steep creek
Snow was deep powder and surprisingly well bonded on northern and eastern facing slopes. Storm came in Saturday night and dumped tons of fresh wet snow. Heard a massive avalanche ripping through the alpine Sunday morning from Beeker hut.
cana6506,
Saturday 22nd March, 2025 11:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Still a big problem
As a group of 5 skiers, we approached a large bowl feature at 1800m, NNE aspect, and we positioned ourselves on a 15 degree shoulder, next to a steep roll and above a healthy stand of trees. While we were looking at the feature, the slope settled under our feet and a fracture propagated around the entire bowl. Crown height was between 1 to 1.5m (maybe as high as 2m), and ran full path. The ground beneath us cracked and shifted but thankfully did not have the slope angle to develop momentum. The bed surface didn’t feel safe to approach due to hangfire but we suspect a crust interface below the March 6 crust, potentially Jan 30, due to a visible crust in the middle of the crown.
Drew De Panicis,
Friday 21st March, 2025 2:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 20th, 2025Stayed off the Face
We headed to the Hurley to investigate the snowpack around the Face/Birkenhead...
Staging was anywhere between 7 km and 9 km, but proper snow coverage doesn't begin until just after 9 km.
We sledded to 1500m then transitioned to skis. The area got about 10 cm of new snow within the last 24 hours on top of 50ish cm from the weekend.
We dug a profile on a WNW aspect in an open tree area, our result was: ECTN30 down 55 on a storm snow layer. This spot might be quite wind-loaded, in other spots the weak layer might be shallower. Wind was light to moderate with significant snow transport which could cover our tracks within an hour.
We triggered some size 1 wind slab/ storm slab avalanches while ski cutting and observed a natural release size 1 wind slab on the lee side of cliff area.
We enjoyed some nice mellow treeline storm skiing.
AvCan Vancouver Island,
Thursday 20th March, 2025 12:00PM
Skiing around the Wendy Thompson Hut
Good riding quality, but bad visibility in places! Some activity with one incidence of shooting cracks and one small 0.5 slide on a small convex roll. Skiing on North facing slope.
Photo not from exact location of pin.
evieosborn13,
Thursday 20th March, 2025 11:30AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Markor
dzrv,
Wednesday 19th March, 2025 2:35PM
Took a peep at the steep
We went for a walk-up Steep creek today to investigate some impressive avalanche reports our friends over at BC Highways led us on to. The skin track was fast and well set from the highway up to the bottom of the bowl. The intel was spot on, we observed a size 2.5 slab avalanche, reportedly triggered by a skier remotely over the weekend. The debris ran full path to the toe of the opposing ridge, taking out 30-40 year old trees with it.
We climbed to ridge top and observed another remotely triggered large slab avalanche (size 3) in Hunter's bowl. Winds were light from the south and light snow transport was occurring.
We dug two profiles on SSW aspects at 1960 m & 2180 m, two very different stories.
Below Treeline, we had no test results and the snowpack was generally rounded. Snow Depth was 300 cm, great skiing.
Our treeline profile, near the old crown from the size 2.5, produced ECTP15 down 32 cm, failing on facets sitting on a crust. Below this surface layer of concern, the rest of the snowpack was predominantly facets and crust as well. This is likely causing the large avalanches we are seeing.
Skiing was terrific in wind sheltered areas, awesome day at the Duffy!
AvCan Vancouver Island,
Wednesday 19th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Cadwallader range Avalanche
lccruzin,
Tuesday 18th March, 2025 3:00PM
Wind slab near miss
gnewall4,
Tuesday 18th March, 2025 1:00PM
Nak Thak Col
TL: Wind effect, easy hand shear results.
BTL: Incredibly rudimentary snow profile with CTE RP results in upper (wind affected) layers of the snowpack.
alexandrataran,
Tuesday 18th March, 2025 12:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Thar Peak Couloir
The plan for the day was to climb Thar Peak from the north couloir, then ski down the other side. Near the entrance of the couloir, we switched from skis to crampons. The snow was quite deep, so we stayed near the rocks on climber's left where we could find some purchase with our ice axes. Progress was very slow though.
After some heavy sluffing started to come down through the couloir above and past us, we aborted the mission and headed back down on skis. Near the bottom, I accidentally triggered a size 1 slab avalanche but it barely slid, probably because it wasn't steep enough.
geripsy,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 4:00PM
Thar - Size 1
A skier triggered a size 1 slide below Nak Mountain. The top 10 cm of snow slide on the crust below. Slide knocked the skier down and stripped his skis and poles. Slide began on a shallow convex role on the skiers first turn down the face.
robbieccalvin,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 1:00PM
Armchair laps
Skied up to 2350m on Armchair. Mixed sun/cloudy periods throughout the day, light winds. Supportive crust underlying approx 15cm HST above 2100m on E aspect, not noticed below. No pits but stomped lots of small convexities with no results. Minimal wind effect, overall surprisingly stable in all areas skied.
jasonlmcewan,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 1:00PM
Easy Hand Shear on Tzsil Gl at 2050m, Large cornices above, signs of big naturals from the last storm
There’s that one steepish spot on the bottom of the Tzsil Gl at about 2050m; things felt a bit weird so we had a check-in. Two of us got a somewhat easy failure with a quick hand shear. Failed on a very clear layer about 15cm down. No shooting cracks. No other signs of instability. Consequences of a small slide in that spot were acceptable so we continued cautiously through the steepest section. I would expect that layer to be present on similar aspects (Sheltered NW) at similar elevations.
In other news: Lots of debris in the valley (in a large area below the small rock band guarding the Tzsil Gl). Possibly related is a large, fresh-looking cornice that’s about the size of a medium sized house high above the Tzsil Gl on the ridge to Slalok.
j0hnt3nnant,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 12:10PM
Supplement to 'took a peak at the steep' by AVCAN Vancouver Island
marechald100,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 12:00PM
Thar
Skied a run off the northwest side of the Thar/Nak col with great boot deep powder. Didn't observe any instabilities but stuck to terrain around 30 degrees. Then skied a lap east of the summit of Thar. Kicked off numerous size 1 wind slabs about 10 cm thick.
dylan.maxwell2,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 9:00AM
Onions
At 2050m on the lee of the ridge
HSS 30cm
HS 275cm
CTM16 down 30cm - shear planar
CTH25 down 85cm - shear planar
CTN down 110cm on a layer of facets - shear planar.
Warming during the day with strong solar radiation. Will add to the 2cm crust on solar aspects from 14th.
dfgault,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 1:00AM
Needle Trees
Went out for some laps in the trees, found the storm slabs releasing on convex rolls. 20cm crowns. Dug some hasty pits and found no reaction on the widespread crust layer.
kamibow,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 12:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 15th, 2025Stormy Zoa
ktjw,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 1:00PM
Good skiing on N aspect, lots of recent naturals
Skied Saturday and Sunday. East facing slope at 1650m skied terribly with a breakable solar crust, skinning up a south facing slope also had a thick crust. Didn’t touch any west facing slopes but would assume the same. North facing slopes at tree line (1950m-1650m) still skiing beautifully with 10-20cm ski pen, “bouncy” powder. Spot the feathered friend we found!
abbi.chapman,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 12:00PM
Needle
Toured up to Needle with the goal of skiing Flatiron. The uptrack in the trees was crusty and slick. Once past the dense trees the snow quality improved and was generally soft with pole pen of 30 cm. Skinning up the ridge, the snow quality deteriorated and was generally windspet closer to Needle.
We dropped in from the Ridge between Needle and Flatiron on a south face. Terrible skiing with less than 5 cm over a very hard crust (Solar?). Below the crust the snow was generally softer, but skiing was not good. Due to low morale we returned back to the car and did not venture towards Flatiron.
Car at parking said -1, but temps generally felt very warm throughout the day.
zakharvenuko,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 9:00AM
Tolkien range observations
Summary of observations from 13-16 March at Brian Waddington hut. Snowpack, avalanche, and weather observations are recorded in the respective tabs.
Photos are from 14 March pit on N slope at 1750m.
Overall we observed enough concerning signals to keep our terrain choices mostly conservative. North slopes seemed to maybe be a bit stabler than South slopes in the zone due to better bonding on the early March melt-freeze crust.
nickawbrown,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 12:00AM
PowderTown
Skiing Ottomite offered excellent powder. Light-Heavy snow all day. 25cm accumulation between 0800-2000 hrs. Wind Light-moderate WSW in the iago meadows this afternoon. Could hear blowing on the Iago Ridgetop. -5 in the morning, with approximately -2 at noon. Weather was in line with the NAM3.5 forecast model. Multiple parties up Iago today reporting great Skiing.
T.S.,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 12:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 14th, 2025Good skiing on Thar
Skied Thar on Friday. The east run off the summit skied well at midday, but coming any further around to south aspects experienced very wet/heavy sun effect on the slopes. The top 10-15cm was sluffing off as wet slabs, sun impact was quick and strong. The backside bowl/north of Thar skied well and the ski out to Falls Lake was in excellent condition, powder all the way to the bottom.
AAnd,
Friday 14th March, 2025 1:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025