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)
Use caution when navigating steep, wind-affected terrain.
Field observations are limited—if you’re in the mountains, please share your MIN reports with us!
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
40 to 60 cm of snow remains soft in sheltered areas, but may have formed slabs in leeward aspect terrain. A melt freeze crust exists near the ground but is unreactive.
Total snow depths vary from 100 to 150 cm at treeline.
Avalanche Activity
No new avalanches have been observed or reported. Explosive testing on Monday near Fernie did not produce any results,.