Yukon, Yukon
Beauty inversion at Fraser Peak
Yukon:
White Pass West,
13 hours ago
Observation
Weather: Started at -20°C car temperature and then hit an inversion at about 1200m and temps changed to t-shirt weather. Winds changed no wind to a light N wind around noon. Sunny above the clouds. Very poor vis on the decent once we hit the clouds.
4 photos
Saturday February 4th
Avalanche Canada, 17 hours ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Friday February 3rd
Avalanche Canada, 1 day ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Ending the week in familiar terrain
Yukon:
White Pass West,
1 day ago
Observation
We went for a quick Friday morning sled/ski back into the Bryant/Fraser Chutes area. Temperatures were -10 by the highway and -5 at treeline with no wind and some valley fog. Travel conditions are okay with a few cm of new snow on a breakable crust.
3 photos
Thursday trees
Yukon:
White Pass West,
2 days ago
Observation
Good riding in the trees north of the Bryant Lake access. 2" light powder on top of last week's crust. Crust is supportive. Series of avalanches visible on lower slopes of northeast aspect of Fraser Peak. See photo.
2 photos
Better than expected turns
Yukon:
White Pass West,
2 days ago
Observation
Today we toured up Log Cabin to investigate the structure of the snowpack further inland. The crust is breakable at treeline with a few cm of light new snow on top.
3 photos
Thursday February 2nd
Avalanche Canada, 2 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Fast travel in Summit Creek
Yukon:
White Pass West,
3 days ago
Observation
We ski toured up Summit Creek today. A supportive crust with a few cm of new snow on top made for fast and efficient travel. Near the highway corridor the wind was moderate from the northeast until we gained shelter in the valley.
3 photos
Wednesday February 1st
Avalanche Canada, 3 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Bryant Lake
Yukon:
White Pass West,
4 days ago
Observation
With a persistent slab in the forecast, our mindset for today was cautious. We set out to check the distribution, elevation and aspect of the problem layer, while being careful to stay clear of overhead hazard and far from potential runout zones and large connected pieces of terrain.
3 photos
Tuesday January 31st
Avalanche Canada, 4 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Monday January 30th
Avalanche Canada, 5 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
South facing slope skiing
Yukon:
White Pass West,
5 days ago
Observation
After the post from Friday, we changed our plans of skiing some North-East facing couloirs and opted for South facing aspects...knowing the powder would not meet us there ha! The day felt like an April day - incredibly warm, but the crust under our skis at higher elevation did not seem to get wet.
AST Summit Creek
Yukon:
White Pass West,
6 days ago
Observation
We had an AST 1 class out today under beautiful sunny skies. A strong temperature inversion saw temps of -16C at the highway and -8C just 200m above. The place is covered in a thick rain crust to 1600m that now has surface hoar and facets on top of it.
3 photos
Summit Creek Size 3
Yukon:
White Pass West,
6 days ago
Observation
We witnessed this avalanche today while out with an AST group on Summit Creek Knoll from about 5km away. Can't confirm trigger but Natural is unlikely. I suspect this was remotely triggered by recreational groups in the area or from a cornice failure.
1 photos
Sunday January 29th
Avalanche Canada, 6 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Sunday January 29th
Avalanche Canada, 6 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Saturday January 28th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Friday January 27th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Remote trigger
Yukon:
White Pass West,
1 week ago
Observation
First snowmobiler heading to the notch
2 photos
Thursday January 26th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Wednesday January 25th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Tutshi
Yukon:
Tutshi,
1 week ago
Observation
Windy and warm. Snow was ok higher up but becoming chunky as the day warmed. Lower elevations we encountered heavy snowball snow. Higher elevations were wind affected with considerable buildup in lee areas.
Tuesday January 24th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Monday January 23rd
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Fraser Chutes
Yukon:
White Pass West,
1 week ago
Observation
Please see attached
2 photos
AST Pow Day
Yukon:
White Pass West,
1 week ago
Observation
We had a AST 1 group out on Sunday riding open, tree line glades to 35 degrees. We had 3cm of snow through the day and it was snowing 1cm/hour when we left at 5pm. We had a steady light wind from the southeast for most of the day. This wind was not enough to move snow at the elevations we rode at.
3 photos
Sunday January 22nd
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West
Saturday January 21st
Avalanche Canada, 2 weeks ago
Forecast
Regions:
Yukon, Tutshi, Wheaton, White Pass East, White Pass West