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)
The likelihood of wet loose avalanches will increase with each successive day of warm weather.
Be mindful of small avalanches pushing you into dangerous 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
Rising freezing levels will start melting the surface snow on all aspects and elevations.
Alpine slopes are wind-affected, scoured, or hold a thin surface crust. Moist or wet snow is found on all southerly slopes at treeline and below.
In sheltered terrain at treeline, large weak surface hoar crystals may still be persisting under 5-10 cm of snow.
The most prominent of several melt-freeze crusts in the lower snowpack is 100 to 120 cm deep and decomposing.
Snow depths vary from 100 to 140 cm at treeline and decrease rapidly below 1500 m, exposing early-season hazards.
Avalanche Activity
Small avalanches (size 1.5) were naturally triggered by the sun on Monday at treeline near Whistler.
With rising temperatures, we expect that wet loose avalanches will become more likely.
Warming signs of instability such as tree bombs and pinwheels were observed throughout the region this weekend.
If you are going out in the backcountry, please consider filling out a Mountain Information Network (MIN)report.