Akamina Ridge

British Columbia Canada

Forecast Point 8,392 ft • 49.0094, -114.107

Avalanche Forecast

Avalanche Forecasts are for use by experienced backcountry travelers in uncontrolled sidecountry and backcountry terrain. These forecasts and conditions do not apply to open, in-bounds terrain at ski resorts, which is subject to avalanche control by local resort ski patrol.

Avalanche Rating

Low (1)

Valid Fri Dec 13 5:00pm MST 2 hours ago Until Sat Dec 14 5:00pm MST

Assess steep terrain for wind slab and ride one at a time.

The best riding conditions will be found in wind sheltered terrain.

More Detail

To get the complete forecast with additional graphics and details, please view the Avalanche Canada Zone forecast provided by Avalanche Canada.

Snowpack Discussion

The snow surface is highly variable. Exposed terrain is wind affected, steep south slopes have a crust and east facing slopes may have deep wind deposited snow.

The snowpack depth varies greatly as well, windward slopes may only have 50 cm on them while leeward slopes could have as much as 150 cm.

Avalanche Activity

No new avalanches have been reported in the past 3 days.