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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Hogs want wedge

Published: Mar 27th, 2026

Banana Chute slide on Fissile Peak

Published: Mar 23rd, 2026

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Husume

Published: Mar 8th, 2026

Blackomb Tour

Published: Mar 8th, 2026

Toured up body bag, down to circle lake, up to spearhead shoulder, saucer chute, and out Husume. Variable conditions in the alpine. About 5-10cm of new snow on top of a crust which was skier supportive below ~2100m and thinned out with elevation but persisted even to the top of Husume. Where it was breakable the crust did not negatively affect ski quality much - thin and punchy. Firm but stubborn windslab in immediate lees at ridge crest. Evidence of multiple size 1 natural windslabs on NE slopes from disease ridge coming down to circle lake but we could not trigger slabs on small test slopes. Wind scoured on S and W aspects, in some places stripped to the crust. Body bag would be a sporty ski. Good riding on high sheltered N aspects.

Musical Bumps Report 03/01

Published: Mar 1st, 2026

Quiet day out in the Whistler backcountry. Some very unique wind features at ridge tops, kind of like mini spines in texture and very pronounced, never seen it like that before! I guess that's what 36 hours straight of 100km/h+ winds will do. Temps rose rapidly and we observed significant pin wheeling on steep south-facing slopes as well as some sizeable wet loose activity observed in the Spearhead range. North facing slopes had evidence of a large natural cycle from the previous day with very dense slabs (See photo). Cowboy skied like heavy slushy spring snow.

Blackcomb Backcountry

Published: Feb 28th, 2026

Cham chutes was thin at the top, crispy in the middle and good at the bottom. Spearhead shoulder was blower, husume was pretty firm wind slab up top and breakable crust further down and then icy by the button

Cowboy ridge avi

Published: Feb 23rd, 2026

Sat- Monday at Kees and Clair hut. Sunday, snow was perfect depth and dry powder. Skied lower trees on cowboy. Very High winds and no vis on ridge tops. Were avoided. Snowed heavy all day and night. Monday snow was too deep! Knee deep ski pen. Weather cleared mix of sun and cloud. On mellow slopes just sank and stoped. Un-skiable We avoided steeper slopes on Monday. Broke trail down signing pass to get out. Monday morning Observed large slide path on the middle of cowboy ridge while on the way out. Slide 3/4 down the slope. Maybe 40m wide crown. Likly Monday am as slide was still visable and not covered by the large overnight snowfall.

Windslab at treeline

Published: Feb 21st, 2026

Phalanx glacier

Published: Feb 19th, 2026

Great day at spearhead and phalanx glacier. Amazing snow quality with some dry powder on most northernly aspects. Wind was moderate all day and there were some dry loose really small slides on steep slopes. Snow felt stable and did not notice any signs of deeper instabilities on the spearhead and phalanx. There were some small wet loose slides on the west side of the poop chutes on sun exposed areas later in the day. Overall amazing day in the blackcomb backcountry.

Top layer dry loose

Published: Feb 16th, 2026

We saw previous avalanches size 1 point initiated. Cannot estimate age.

Russet's backside

Published: Feb 16th, 2026

Skier triggered breakable crust slab on steep SE facing slope on russet ridge. Snow that has been getting the morning sun seems to have frozen into a hard to ski crust that let's go easily.

Russet's backside

Published: Feb 16th, 2026

Skier triggered breakable crust slab on steep SE facing slope on russet ridge. Snow that has been getting the morning sun seems to have frozen into a hard to ski crust that let's go easily.

Glacier Coverage, some isolated wind slab, good ski quality

Published: Feb 15th, 2026

We skied one run on the Shudder Glacier and a long run off of Mt. Alex Philip on the return. Overall coverage is good on the high glaciers in the Spearhead Range. The Shudder has some large and rather obvious holes. However, it is generally easy to avoid these crevasses. S, E, NE aspects skied exceptionally well. We experienced high wind and cold temps until around 2:00 PM as the low-pressure system rolled in. The wind did some damage to high W, NW aspects. We triggered multiple small 0.5 isolated pockets of wind slab during our descent off of Alex Philip. Overall stability was not a big issue throughout the day and these pockets of wind slab could be managed and predicted reasonably well. However, with more wind this could become more of a concern on these aspects at this elevation.

Blackcomb backcountry fun

Published: Feb 15th, 2026

Skiid many laps of circle lake area, all aspects. 20-40 cm snow on top of Jan/Feb drought crust, no signs of instabikity more than minor surface stuff in extreme terrain. Storm snow seems well bonded to crust below. Splitter sunny day but moderate S, SW cold winds seem to have kept solar aspects dry. Cornices are growing

Lesser Flute

Published: Feb 11th, 2026

2-4mm SH on Fist 40cm storm snow on melt-freeze crust. Sitting over a laminated crust with underlying faucets within. Compression test result of CTM 14 of stepdown resistant planar within the laminated crust.

Decker Mtn

Published: Feb 11th, 2026

Decker SW face - The skin up was variable; started with good soft powder and then the wind starting ripping from the south and loaded the skin track. Traversing around the summit of Decker to gain the top was very crusty in some spots which required slow and careful steps. We did not observe any avalanches or signs of instability in the afternoon. Slopes seemed stable, although the north aspects are now loaded from the wind which could result in slab formation

Cowboy Ridge

Published: Feb 11th, 2026

Wonderful day out towards Cowboy Ridge. New snow above wind crust from Feb 8 seemed reasonably well bonded. No cracks or whumfs. Cut some low consequence convex slopes and couldn’t trigger a slide.

Cowboy Ridge

Published: Feb 11th, 2026

Sunny day. Amazing riding quality on W cowboy ridge. No signs of instability. New snow from the recent storms bonds well with the crust last week.

Snow Drought Broken, Spirits Soaring

Published: Feb 10th, 2026

Musical Bumps skied well

Published: Feb 8th, 2026

Musical Bumps tour today. The snow quality exceeded expectations. We skied NE and NW aspects in Oboe Crk valley, as well as the Apostles. No signs of instability and the new snow seems to have bonded quite well with the crust.

Disease Ridge Skier Accidental

Published: Feb 8th, 2026

Blackcomb Backcountry

Published: Feb 8th, 2026

Skied around Pattison+Decker. Dug down near the NW face of Pattison and found two distinct wind slab layers 10cm and 25cm down. The top layer popped easily and the second popped planarly CTM20. Large crust 45 down that seems well bonded to the snow above it. Variable conditions on the rest of the day. Some sheltered powder, lots of evidenxe of wind transport, and a crust forming on solar aspects. Ridges are windscoured and cornices were loomin large. Crusty and moist back in treeline Temps were -5 to -10 in the alpine, mostly clear skies and low to moderate wind throughout the day.

Size 2 Husume Wind Slab

Published: Feb 8th, 2026

Skied Lady’s First to Don’t Swill to Husume. Noticed Sz1 explosive triggered slabs on ladies first (shout out BSP for a great job). No avalanche activity on don’t swill Snowboarder accidental Sz2 on husume triggered from near the top top entrance- approximately 20cm deep, 50m wide, ran near full path, over the cliffs at the bottom (400m?). Dry slabs breaking at ski tips in lee terrain with decent amounts of propagation, running fast and far. Sorry, no photos this time.

Blackcomb glacier snow pit

Published: Feb 5th, 2026

Snow pack observation at 2360m on Blackcomb glacier northwest aspect 34 degree slope, no presip, clear sky's, light wind, air temp 0 A 3 cm crem brûlée at surface on top of needle crystals size 2 mm, CT 14 down 5cm, ECTP 16 down 5 cm, 4F snow down 23cm, 1F down to jan 29th crust down 40cm, pencil - 1F snow down to one metre, CT22 down 25cm, ECT 25 down 25, we also had a CT28 down 50 in the middle of jan 29th crust - ECTX down 50

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