Last Frontier Heliskiing - Ripley Creek
British Columbia • Canada
Forecast Point 4,957 ft • 56.1526, -129.8103
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)
Heavy loading from recent snow and rain will leave dense, wet storm slabs primed for rider triggering on Wednesday. Stick to low angle terrain and avoid overhead hazard.
More Detail
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Snowpack Discussion
After Tuesday night, the upper snowpack has been soaked by rain at most elevations. On peaks above 2200 m, 50 to 80 cm of recent storm snow may have escaped the rain and instead been redistributed by strong southwest wind.
The remainder of the snowpack is strong, with various hard layers and crusts.
Avalanche Activity
A natural avalanche cycle was reported throughout the region on Monday. Storm slabs were observed at all elevations to size 2.
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