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
Moderate (2)
It's a great time to get out! Easy travel on firm surfaces (crampons helpful!) with 5 - 15 cm on high due north aspects. Travel in the early morning hours and watch for sun-triggered wet loose avalanches. Spring Conditions - The hazard is expected to be Low in the cold mornings and rise in accordance with the degree of warming.
Enjoy!
More Detail
To get the complete forecast with additional graphics and details, please view the Parks Canada Zone forecast provided by Parks Canada.
Snowpack Discussion
Hard surface crusts exist on steep solar aspects and at treeline and below.
On north alpine aspects, 5 - 20 cm of dry snow over firmer surfaces. Off due north, some alpine slopes may have a new surface thin crust capping the 5-10 cm of snow from a few days ago.
The March 27 crust is 30-70 cm deep and extends to about 2500m and to the ridge top on solar aspects.
Below the settled mid-pack, weak facets and depth hoar at the ground remain.
Avalanche Activity
Tuesday, Sunshine patrol reported observing a distant cornice failure on the Monarch in the Sunshine backcountry. They estimated it was not larger than a size 1.5, and that it was unlikely to have triggered a slab.
Otherwise, no avalanches observed or reported on Tuesday or Wednesday.
No avalanches reported on the persistent weak layer since the last warm-up on April 18th, when there were 2-3 size 2.5 avalanches off Pilot Mtn.