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 early, watch the crust closely, and end your day before it completely breaks down.
Don't forget about the deeply buried weak layers that may avalanche as the snowpack heats up.
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, soft surface crust is likely to form overnight and break down each day. On northerly slopes in the alpine, there is 10 to 30 cm of preserved soft snow over settled old snow. Everywhere else there is a thick crust buried 10 to 20 cm deep.
Concern remains for the lower snowpack, which contains weak, sugary facets that may cause large avalanches if the upper snowpack loses strength during prolonged warm temperatures.
Avalanche Activity
On Wednesday, there were a few small wet loose avalanches from slopes facing the sun.
Observations are very limited at this time of year.