Yukon
East Taiya
We skinned up towards the col of Taiya's North ridge, turning back when we encountered whumpfing and very wet snowpack. We stayed well away from the runout zone off the east side of Taiya- large cornices are still present at the ridgetrop. On the way down, we triggered multiple size 1 wet, loose avalanches on small, steep SE facing features. Top 6" sliding on unconsolidated wet snow base.
We had a mix of sun and clouds, with flurries/snow pellets at higher elevations and some rain lower down.
Snow coverage was OK at highway level. We were able to ski almost all the way out.
wallan,
Sunday 25th May, 2025 3:00PM
May Slay
Breaking the MIN drought.
Still powder available if you’re venturing into the heights. Without a reliable freeze/thaw cycle this weekend, snow below 1500m is a damp breakable crust, but snow quality above 1500m was a different story.
15-20cm of new snow in Feather bowl. Well consolidated and free of wind effect, solar warming up the top sheet but far from becoming heavy, wet or upside down - made for some great skiing. Wet loose releases in many areas, including some north faces.
brianhyde,
Sunday 11th May, 2025 12:30PM
Avalanche Forecast
Published: Apr 28th, 2025Okay and a half
Nice day to finish off our seasonn. Near the dropped pin we felt several whumps and shooting cracks. South slopes are getting enough sun that there are some bare patches here and there. Overall, conditions were okay and a half but pretty good for spring skiing.
kieran.s.horton,
Sunday 27th April, 2025 1:30PM
Deep powder on twin sisters
okrikorian,
Saturday 26th April, 2025 9:00PM
Kluane - Eclipse Glacier
A group of 6 ACC members spent the week from April 19 - April 26, 2025 on the Eclipse Glacier between Donjek and Badham Mountains.
Temperatures ranged from -10 to -26°C. We had about 10-15cm of snow fall throughout the week, with generally a couple cm each day coming down with light - moderate North West to South West winds.
Visibility varied throughout the week - some mornings we started out with clear skies and had clouds rolling in on us midday, obscuring visibility and had us skiing or walking home in whiteout conditions (with compass in hand). Other mornings we woke up to low vis and had a slow start, with the clouds clearing late morning - early afternoon and bringing sunny and warm conditions.
Throughout the week we saw evidence of several Wind Slab avalanches, size 1- 2 in lee features (N - E), down 20-50cm, as well as several Persistent Slab avalanches size 2-3 on NW - E slopes down 50-150cm. We also saw evidence of several serac/ice fall.
Wind exposed slopes (SW-SE) were generally wind scoured, with exposed ice to ridgetop on many slopes. Lower angle slopes held snow well, whereas slopes above 30° were shallow and we found 10-25cm of wind-pressed snow over a 1-2cm crust and facets/depth hoar
NW - NE slopes were generally wind-loaded, with 5-10cm of new snow, and 20-50cm of Wind Slab in immediate lee features, and a PWL consisting of facets (2mm) and surface hoar (3mm) down 110cm.
We dug a Test Pit on a NE slope just below ridgetop at 3190m, and found a Persistent Weak Layer, with CTH30 (RP) down 110cm (HS 460+, 25° slope angle).
At the start of the trip we practiced Companion Rescue/Transceiver searching, and Crevasse Rescue including building snow anchors and 3:1, 5:1, 6:1 mechanical advantage systems, to ensure we would be able to rescue each other in the event of a crevasse fall or avalanche.
We roped up for all non-avalanche terrain glacier travel, belayed across 2 bergschrunds, put boot crampons on for bootpacking, short pitched one steep section of exposed rock and roped up for ridge travel to protect against crevasse fall.
mcramb,
Saturday 26th April, 2025 11:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 21st, 2025Large persistent slab avalanches
Large natural persistent slab avalanches in the Rainy hollow area on NW-aspects at 1500m with spectacular propagation ~750m. And a deep slab lower on a moraine feature at 1100m. Observed cornice fall and other slab avalanches on Northerly aspects.
Dug a pit at 1600m on a NW-aspect and found a reactive slab down 45cm that propagated on extended column test ECTP21. It failed on faceted snow below a crust layer. Overall poor structure below this interface with punchy layers and strong over weak layering.
At the surface on the northerly was a layer of surface hoar over a firm supportable surface. Big cornices and evidence of recent cornice failure.
jeffmoskowitz,
Monday 21st April, 2025 10:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 20th, 2025Good conditions on north aspects
Good day out in Haines Pass. We skiied north aspects in Dick creek and found ~10-15 cm of dry powder. 5-10 mm surface hoar had formed to ridge top. Lots of sledders at the popular parking areas. We saw 2-3 deeper slabs that looked fairly recent on lee alpine aspects. 2 of them were north of Nadahinni area in ‘thinner’ snowpack areas and one was previously reported just north of McDonnell peak. This one ran in low angled glaciated terrain which had us thinking twice about a loose plan to head that way…
iantomasjackson,
Sunday 20th April, 2025 10:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 19th, 2025Avalanche spotted on Mac Donell north peak
Skiing on Three Guardsmen, spotted a newly formed avalanche starting below Mac Conell north peak with the binoculars. It seems to be about 1.5km long, starting just under the ridge and under the rocks of the peak.
We couldn’t see if it was natural or triggered by skiers.
Emile P,
Friday 18th April, 2025 5:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 16th, 2025claggy
We had limited visibility today for travel so we followed our sled tracks from yesterday to head a little further into the Big Blue drainage. The winds were strong from the south with temperatures of -4 at 1550 meters. We did not ride due to visibility but did get our heads in the snow for a look at the snowpack.
On a wind loaded alpine north aspect at 1550m, the foot penetration was 25cm. With the height of snow around 190 cm, we found no results of concern.
We did a deep tap test on our Dec melt freeze crust with no results; DTN, CTX, ECTX.
Yukon Field Team,
Wednesday 16th April, 2025 11:30AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 15th, 2025Spring pow
Today we found good riding conditions in sheltered areas, with about 10 cm of new snow from Monday. The short periods of sun and warm temperatures meant the new snow was getting a little cakey, but still fun.
Winds were moderate southerlies, and we expect there are still some stubborn pockets of wind slab in the alpine on convex features or near ridgetop. We didn’t see any new avalanches.
We dug at 1200 m on a northeast facing slope and found between 105 and 175 cm of total snow depth. 30 cm of soft snow overlies the melt freeze crust which formed a few weeks ago during a warming event.
At 90 cm deep we found large facets which sit below the final remnants of the December weak layer (it’s almost completely broken down).
These facets did not produce propagating Extended Column Test results but we did get repeatable hard Column Test results (CTH22).
Below the facets, there are moist grains to ground, which show good strength and a rounding/bonding trend. At the moment, we would only be worried about this layer with very hard loads like a big rain event or extreme warming.
Yukon Field Team,
Tuesday 15th April, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 14th, 2025Sastrugi is not a pasta
Today we saw one new natural wind slab avalanche that likely occurred in the last 12-24 hours, on a steep north facing feature just above treeline. It was a size 1 and about 10 - 15 cm deep. We suspect this ran on the firm melt-freeze crust which exists almost everywhere underneath the new snow, except for on high north-facing slopes.
Almost everywhere is wind affected from strong south winds. We were able to sled cut small lee slopes and produce cracking up to 40 cm deep. We did find soft snow and good riding in a sheltered alpine basin.
Yukon Field Team,
Monday 14th April, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Apr 13th, 2025North Log Cabin
Saw one wind loaded feature that had naturally released on a second lap. Didn’t encounter any instability underfoot while sticking to fairly mellow slopes. Pretty warm day, new snow made for decent turns in sheltered terrain but stayed away from gullies and terrain traps.
poilegraeme,
Sunday 13th April, 2025 12:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Deep Slab
Sledder accidental of what seemed like a wind loaded feature.
The sledder was riding downhill from the top, sledded straight through the powder cloud and made it out.
Sz. 2.5 , 1m+ crown.
vincentjauvin,
Saturday 12th April, 2025 3:00PM
Sniffing out softies
Skied the North facing bowl from the summit of Log Cabin. Cement in most areas with pockets of wind pressed powder here and there. Wind picked up significantly in the afternoon and reactive wind slabs were present throughout the alpine. Temps stayed cool and no impact from solar observed until at lower elevations near treeline. Some soft snow and large cornices lurk in the north faces still.
brianhyde,
Saturday 12th April, 2025 2:00PM
Babies, BBQs, Booters, Blowing Wind & Blower Pow!
Spent the weekend in Haines Pass exploring the Summit area ranges. Babies on snowmobiles, bbq parties, and booters were giving spring vibes.
Winds were light to moderate with mod to strong gusts from the S. The highway corridor was very wind affected but as you progressed deeper into the range there was less wind affected soft snow that made for some excellent sledding and skiing.
We skier triggered a Sz 1-1.5 wind slab off a steep convex feature about 20cm deep in the recent wind transported storm snow overlying the old bed surface. Saw another similar size slab avalanche in the area triggered by snowmobile and a couple cornice failures.
In general, the snowpack appears to be trending towards to low hazard with some isolated features reactive to human triggering. The weather turned out to be better than forecasted. A great weekend to get out!
info.live4therush,
Saturday 12th April, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 11th, 2025Windy and Grey
Today was a grey ol’ day in the White Pass, with snow flurries and strong south winds.
We found a lot of areas scoured back to an old crust, or firm old tracks, with a few sheltered areas maintaining 5 to 10 cm of soft new snow.
We didn’t see any new avalanches but we didn’t see much! If you’re heading out this weekend, be sure to watch out for reactive deposits of wind slab on north and east aspects.
Yukon Field Team,
Friday 11th April, 2025 2:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 10th, 2025All Gravy
We saw one natural size 1 wind slab from a north facing slope in the alpine today. Otherwise, we found very little wind effect in the 5 to 20 cm of soft snow we found, which made for great riding.
The sun was strong and temperatures were mild, with the surface snow becoming moist on all aspects, except for true north facing slopes, all the way up to 1600 m this afternoon.
Yukon Field Team,
Thursday 10th April, 2025 12:00PM
Good conditions on Cleveland SE
Went on Cleveland SE from White Pass summit. Approx 5cm of fresh snow (wet) on eastern aspects, 15-40 cm of fresh snow deposited on northern aspects. Great riding conditions in altitude. No recent sign of avalanche (last 24h).
Another party was in Cleveland couloir.
Emile P,
Thursday 10th April, 2025 11:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 9th, 2025Gray Days at Bryant Lake
We managed to enjoy about 2 hours of sun this morning before the weather rolled in and sent us packing. About 5 cm of new snow over the past 24 hours has fallen at alpine elevations, accompanied by light to moderate south winds. This new snow sits atop a hard drought layer in most areas, making for decent ski quality. We did not observe any reactive windslab, and cool temperatures (around 0 c at 1100 m) were keeping the snow in place. All in all a good morning on Little Kahuna. Pray for sun.
Yukon Field Team,
Wednesday 9th April, 2025 3:00PM
Wind surfing
Wind were strong overnight and during the day, redistributing snow on polar aspects.
Ski quality was all over the place, from excellent powder to wind hammered/rimed crust. Main concern were Windslabs at ridge top down 15-25cm which were mostly soft and reactive to skier traffic.
Lots of spring convective action and isothermal snowpack below 3-5cm breakable crust at valley bottom.
vincentjauvin,
Wednesday 9th April, 2025 10:30AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 8th, 2025East White Pass
We did the big tour of the east side today, travelling up Big Blue, down the Big Y and out the drainage immediately east of Fantail. About 5 cm of new storm snow sits at alpine elevations, and it was snowing throughout the day. We'll look forward to seeing how much snow falls throughout the week, as it is looking active. By 3 pm, the snow was largely isothermal below 1100 m. We learned this the hard way with a long sled out Fantail through mushy, isothermal snow and slush. Many stucks. Early starts and finishes are going to be the winning strategy through the spring!
Yukon Field Team,
Tuesday 8th April, 2025 4:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 6th, 2025North Log Cabin
Skied up to 1400m on the North slopes of Log Cabin, turning back as we hit the cloud level. Some wind transport occurring due to strong southerlies, but we did not encounter any significant accumulation or slab formation.
Ski conditions were generally poor. Melt crust up to approx 1250m and wind hammered above treeline. Some very nasty unsupportive crust found intermittently between 900-1100m.
Temperature near 0*C at 1400m in the early afternoon.
Cloud coverage decreased as forecast in mid-afternoon.
wallan,
Sunday 6th April, 2025 2:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Cornices, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 5th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 3rd, 2025Paddy's Peak
We sledded up into Paddy's Creek to ride the lakeside couloir. The road has melted and re-frozen and travel conditions are rugged. The snow on the glacier is wind pressed but decent ski quality (5 cm wind pressed snow). The lakeside couloir was variable, with a lot of hard wind battered surfaces to keep you on your toes. Winds today were moderate from the south, but there was little snow available for transport. Your best bet for skiing up there will be the large glacier ramps and sneaky north-facing couloirs where the snow remains unaffected by the wind.
Yukon Field Team,
Thursday 3rd April, 2025 2:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 2nd, 2025Stephan's Fan Club
Wood Street Centre ACES class avalanche safety training with Stephan Poirier April 1-3. Snow pits dug on north aspects near Fraser at treeline showed snow depths of approximately 160cm. Compression tests varied in results from CTM-14 to CTH-27. All 5 compression tests failed at depths between 30cm and 45cm on a layer of hoar frost.
We dug another set of pits on an exposed south aspect at treeline above Bryant Lake. Snow depth was variable, as shallow as 30cm and as deep as 300cm. Compression tests had no result for 5 tests and CTH-21 and CTH 28 for 2 tests. An ice layer approximately 45cm down was noted at this location.
The day was calm, sunny and warm. No new avalanches were noted.
colin.abbott.90,
Wednesday 2nd April, 2025 12:00PM
Wood street kids
We headed out through Summit creek and across the valley into the Big Y loop on a sled tour. We came across a group of youth ski touring from Wood street school, so stopped to check in. We had a good chat in the sun about gear, conditions and avalanche careers. We talked about cornices, which may start popping with continued warming. We discussed wind slab, which is starting to heal out on the north aspects. We also talked about wet loose avalanches, which are happening in steep rocky terrain on S aspects. It was great to see youth out and about, learning about terrain and how to manage it.
We did not see any avalanche activity today. Wet loose are continuing to produce size 1 avalanches out of rocky steep terrain, but with minimal snow to entrain. We continue to give cornices lots of space as we travel with these warm temperatures, they are lurking and waiting to pop.
Sunny all day, calm winds and temps anywhere from -1 to 3 degrees, yikes.
Yukon Field Team,
Wednesday 2nd April, 2025 11:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 1st, 2025Hunting protected snow
We did not see any new significant avalanches, but lots of pinwheels and wet loose on steep rocky S aspects, up to size 1. The wind has affected the NE aspects and the snow is now wind pressed. It was breakable crust on the way up, even in protected terrain, but skied pretty darn good on the way down.
As we hunt N facing slopes, we are aware of cornices overhead, which we are giving a wide berth as we travel.
Mostly sunny today, -5 with a moderate wind from the SW in the afternoon.
Yukon Field Team,
Tuesday 1st April, 2025 12:15PM
Slushy south slopes
Lots of small natural loose wet avalanches were noticed on south facing slopes both on the drive down from Whitehorse and throughout our trip around feather. Still lots of good riding on North facing slopes, but definitely a good idea to avoid anything getting baked by the sun
jessejep,
Tuesday 1st April, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 31st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 30th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 29th, 2025Staying in the shade on Cleveland
On the approach we found a thick sun crust at low elevations and south aspects. Snow in the alpine was really variable, previous wind effect has sculpted the surface into sastrugi in exposed areas on the glacier. We avoided the variable snow on the descent by seeking steeper north east facing terrain. We found great powder and good stability the shade. No avalanches observed on Saturday. Lots of evidence of wet loose slides from earlier in the week on steep south slopes.
jeni.rudisill,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 1:00PM
Solar slabs
Recent solar slabs on S-SE aspects at the pass are around 1400-1800m. Loose wet on steep W slopes near three guardsmen.
jeffm,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 12:00PM
Kneeling
Wet loose avalanches up to size two witnessed on direct south facing thin rocky slopes across the knee run. bootpacking to gain Carmacks and or knee is made more difficult due to facets from the lower snow year and longer dryspell . South and east aspects corned up by 1pm and got wet by 2pm.
Lower snowpack is making some ascents and descent slightly more difficult this year. Creek exit seems to be melting out fast. Slight temperature crust on the NE face of the knee run, NW held powder about 15-30 cms.
Some wind affect lower down from north winds. Amazing day out there!
koenig.verena1984,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 9:00AM
ACC Intermediate Day on the Feather Couloir
ACC Steep Skiing Terrain Evaluation Day
Spent the day in the Feather N couloir honing skills related to assessing and riding steeper lines in what turned out to be marginal conditions. The approach was mostly wind crust and foot-scale sculpted sastrugi, which made for a fun challenge on the up. We set off a few plates of wind crust on a N aspect but nothing that propagated or gave us cause to worry. The couloir itself had one awesome pocket of admittedly heavy pow, and the rest was mostly breakable wind crust that had us in survival descent mode. Beauty day out there! No major signs of instability, as predicted. Its sendin season
cfisch04,
Saturday 29th March, 2025 12:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Nadaheehee
We gained confidence in the snowpack and in our hazard assessment this week, and with Low danger as our hazard rating we enjoyed skiing some steeper, north facing terrain today.
We kept assessing for wind slab as we travelled but did not find any on Nadahini Mountain.
We found similar conditions to yesterday, with soft, cold snow on high north aspects and poor riding conditions on a breakable melt-freeze crust on solar/south aspects. We didn’t see any new avalanches or any wind transport occurring today.
Yukon Field Team,
Friday 28th March, 2025 12:00PM
Mineral and Beyond
We spent the last three days in the Haines Pass, mainly skiing areas behind Mineral Mountain. There was evidence of some solar induced wet slabs on southerly aspects earlier in the week, but Weds-Fri saw cooler temperatures at alpine elevations. A light breakable crust is present on west-facing slopes, but riding conditions are amazing overall, and there was no evidence of any new avalanche activity on the west side of the road. We skied steep NE-N-NW slopes through the week and stepped into bigger terrain as the week progressed. Spring is a great time to get after it.
Brad Halt,
Friday 28th March, 2025 9:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Haine$ Pa$$
We’ve gained confidence in our hazard assessment and were “stepping out” today in Dick Creek.
We continued looking for signs of wind slab but did not find any, and had some great turns on steeper north and northeast aspects with minimal sluffing.
The melt-freeze crust on solar aspects extends to mountain top and is breakable under skis/boards so kind of ruins the riding on these slopes. It did not unlock today at all, and while there’s widespread evidence of loose wet avalanches these are now several days old and we don’t expect to see more of them unless temperatures spike again.
Yukon Field Team,
Thursday 27th March, 2025 1:00PM
Summit Creek Area
Week in the white pass sledding and skiing.
Strong winds from south during last storm. Up to 20cm.
Post storm winds predominantly from the north.
Widespread avalanche activity in the top 30cm of new storm snow visible on most aspects.
Good snow to be had and not many people out there getting it. Happy spring skiing in the Yukon.
info.live4therush,
Thursday 27th March, 2025 12:00AM
Go North!
With clear skies and light winds in the forecast we headed up the Jarvis drainage in search of north facing powder.
A thin breakable crust exists on the surface until around 900 m on all aspects and to mountain top on solar aspects. North facing slopes held ~30 cm of soft settled powder on the surface.
We saw evidence of a natural avalanche cycle consisting of storm slabs up to size 2 on north facing terrain, that likely occurred last week during the storm.
There was also a natural wet loose and storm slab cycle up to size 1.5 on steep solar aspects from strong sun yesterday.
High north facing terrain was the sweet spot for good riding, and conditions were awesome! We dug a test profile before committing to steeper terrain and got a non propagating result down 30 cm, which is likely a storm slab interface that the natural cycle occurred on a week ago.
There was also several large natural cornice falls from the past week and with strong solar and warm temps we stayed well away from any big overhead hazard.
Overall a beautiful day with wonderful powder skiing 🤠
AVCAN FORECASTER,
Wednesday 26th March, 2025 5:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Glave peak, classic shoulder
We arrived in cloud, and ski touried up the north shoulder of glave peak. The snow was moist up to 1300 meters with temperatures between -1 and 0 degree celsius, with significant greenhouse effect. The sun poked out in the afternoon and sucked up some of the moisture, so our run down was really enjoyable. As we tilted aspects and gained elevations we did come across facets and cooler snow and some pressed thin wind slab. We skied 15cm of old settled storm snow, and it was cruisey.
A few wet loose avalanches observed on solar aspects in steep alpine terrain, other than that no new avalanches observed.
Yukon Field Team,
Tuesday 25th March, 2025 2:30PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025A little bit of everything
South winds were moving enough snow to build surface wind slabs. Toured on E-SE aspects from 900-1600m and had a little bit of everything, from hot to cold, sunny to overcast, and thick to thin areas of snowpack. Stayed where to snow was deep and consistent and avoided shallow areas near rocks and cliffs, where we would be more likely to trigger a slide from
jeffmoskowitz,
Monday 24th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Skiing by Braille on Little Kahuna
Really good snow up on Little Kahuna. Visibility was pulsing in and out and was really flat at some times. There was ~15-20cm of fresh, slightly wet powder (being picky about powder saying it was slightly wet) on top of a well bonded base layer. Didn’t feel any pockets of instability on the whole approach and snow pack felt consistent from the lake up to the saddle where we transitioned. Temp was well below freezing from the road to the top. Skied a small south facing aspect on the way out and there was a lot more crust from the daily warming than on S aspects.
abron076,
Sunday 23rd March, 2025 2:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Spruce Creek, low snow
-13C overnight to 0C late pm.
70 to 90 cm in low flat areas to 5 cm on surrounding hill tops.
eliane.roy4,
Saturday 22nd March, 2025 2:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 20th, 2025Big Y-te out
Today we couldn’t see much travelling through periods of flurries in the Big Y area. Just a couple of centimetres fell, bringing our storm total to between 10-15 cm. The riding in sheltered areas is great! There were moderate southerly winds which we suspect are forming wind slabs at upper elevations.
Yukon Field Team,
Thursday 20th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Ski the Yeast
Today we were on the look out for wind slab. We saw one recent natural avalanche, a size 1, on a steep north-east facing slope at treeline. We saw some other wind affect in the surface snow from the strong south winds, but no other avalanches.
We skied a mellow north-east facing slope at treeline and had good turns.
The afternoon was clear. Storm totals are about 10 cm in the east White Pass. There may be a little more snow at Fraser and further south. We had light to moderate south winds through the day.
Yukon Field Team,
Wednesday 19th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Fat Flakes at Fraser
Today we went out to investigate snow conditions in the Fraser area. It was snowing throughout the day, with strong south winds in exposed areas. We found 20 to 40 cm deep deposits of wind-affected (but still soft) snow on lee slopes.
We had 7 cm total by the end of the day, with more forecast. This snow overlies a melt-freeze crust on solar aspects. On shady slopes the new snow sits on firmer, previously wind-affected snow.
We didn’t see any new avalanches, but visibility was limited.
The Fraser area was heavily tracked before this storm, and while you still hit old tracks the riding quality was pretty good!
Yukon Field Team,
Tuesday 18th March, 2025 12:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 17th, 2025Haines Pass
We were in Haines Pass Monday thru Wednesday.
Haines Summit got 10 cm new snow on Wednesday, it came in with SE winds 30 km/hr and warmed to near zero at highway level. In sheltered areas we found over 30cm of powder.
We were wary of fresh windslabs. Earlier in the week on Monday we saw a skier remote size 1 avalanche on a south slope around 1500 m in the Kusawak area. It released about 50 m away from the rider and ran for about 100m. Suspect it failed down 30cm on a buried suncrust.
On Tuesday and Wednesday we found excellent powder riding in sheltered areas around Mineral Lakes.
jeni.rudisill,
Monday 17th March, 2025 1:00PM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Tayia Glacier
We sledded into the Tayia glacier area and then skied two run once there. One on the SE aspect on the glacier and one on the NE aspect of the ridge. There were some isolated wind slab pockets observed on the NE slope. Our first run on the SE glacier was soft and powdery making for great skiing. Our second run off the NE ridge was wind affected and crusty. The day was beautiful bluebird around -10 and sunny!
lj.gasparovic,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 3:00PM
Magnificent McDonnell
Fantastic conditions at McDonnell over the weekend, lower snowpack meant more alder bashing and wet creek crossings which takes overall a little more time. 3m plus snowpack on glacier towards McDonnell peak, glacier towards adjacent peaks has visible school bus eating holes, due to glacier recession and lower snow year.
30-40cms of previous storm
Snow skied fantastic all the way to valley bottom due to cold temps.sincere trail braking paid off.
Blue sky and calm winds.
koenig.verena1984,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 8:00AM
Sled day around White Pass
Riding around Fraser Peak area, made it to the top of the glacier, the lower sections/alpine had denser snow and was pretty tracked up making for harder riding. Once above tree line the snow was good and we gained confidence throughout the day. We avoided high marking too high with the persistent weak layers and making sure there was no significant overhead risks. Especially as we got closer to the glacier as the steepness increased and overhead exposure, with more visible instability of scuffs and wind blown sections. Otherwise was great riding and somewhat variable in terms of snow depths all along but tons of fun to be had. Picking lines and zones and assessing before getting carried away. Stay safe! Was around -12 and bluebird but the wind was cold at the parking lot upon arrival.
Tristan Inglis-Comeau,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 12:00AM
Whump there it is
Set out with an assessment mindset given the uncertainty involving wind slabs. We were aiming to ski a few S facing lines on the peak between Fraser and Taiya as we figured the area might be sheltered enough to hold snow.
Around 1500m we set off a bone-chilling whumpf that sounded like a bomb going off around us, and propagated cracks over 100m away. Had us both emptying our bibs and thanking jeebus the angle was less than 30 degrees. Slope was south facing and 17° at 1500m, cold and not yet affected by the emerging sun.
We dug a pit and did a quick CT in the area and found it took two hits from the shoulder to induce failing on a very hard ice crust around 30cm down. Right on top of that crust was a hard slab around 10cm thick, with 20cm of soft snow on top.
The rest of the snowpack was one finger to four finger hard facets all the way to the base.
We were surprised by the size, propagation, and aspect of the signal as we weren't expecting any signs of instabilities on S facing slopes. Turned around and called it a day after that. Otherwise beauty day in the hills.
cfisch04,
Sunday 16th March, 2025 12:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 15th, 2025Windy Knees
We were able to trigger several size 1.5 wind slab avalanches on south facing slopes today. The avalanches ran on steep alpine slopes on a melt freeze crust from 10 to 40 cm deep.
We were able to find some pockets of preserved powder in the alpine still, but the skiing is variable. It was windy all day, strong gusty outflows.
emily-jones,
Saturday 15th March, 2025 10:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 14th, 2025Fighting the clouds
Tricky day out in the Big Y and Big Blue drainage. Low clouds with occasional breaks of sunshine and a north wind. We turned around on a south-facing slope due to a suncrust. Saw one recent avalanche (about 24 hours old), but couldn't clearly see the start zone due to cloud cover. Size 1.5 2. Possibly cornice triggered. Crown depth estimated 30 40cm in steep unsupported terrain. Ran about 400 m
samuel.guy.plourde,
Friday 14th March, 2025 12:00AM
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 9th, 2025