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
Considerable (3)
Start and finish your day early.
If you head up to high north-facing terrain in search of dry powder, avoid wind-loaded areas and overhead hazard.
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
On the surface, up to 20 cm of recent snow exists on northerly aspects in the alpine. Solar aspects and lower elevations will sport a crust or moist snow.
Below this, a 5 to 25 cm variable strength crust from last week's rain event is present. This is capping a moist upper snowpack.
The primary weak layer of concern is a surface hoar, facet, and crust layer from early March, buried 60 to 120 cm deep.
The lower snowpack is generally well-settled and strong in most areas.
Avalanche Activity
On Tuesday, a naturally triggered size 3 and a cornice triggered size 2.5 persistent slabs were reported on northerly aspects in the alpine near Blue River.
There have been several recent cornice falls triggering very large persistent slabs in this region.
NOTE: Observations in this region are currently very limited.