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 may still be possible to trigger avalanches in extreme terrain.
Monitor the surface crust. As it breaks down, start heading home.
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
A thin, surface crust is likely to form overnight and may break down each day. On northerly slopes in the alpine, there is 10 to 20 cm of preserved soft snow over settled old snow. Everywhere else there is a thick crust buried 10 to 20 cm deep.
Most terrain has undergone strong melt-freeze cycles, creating a strong, well bonded snowpack.
Avalanche Activity
On Wednesday, there was a large cornice failure that triggered a wet loose avalanche out of extreme terrain.
Observations are limited at this time of year.