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)
Plan to carefully evaluate terrain and choose to avoid areas below ridgetop with deep pillows of freshly loaded snow.
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
Strong winds during this past storm event are likely to have stripped snow from exposed alpine features and transported it to lee north aspect terrain. In wind-sheltered, open terrain this new snowfall is expected to have buried surface hoar. A thin melt-freeze crust on south-facing slopes in the alpine has likely become buried down a estimated 10 to 15 cm.
In the alpine, an estimated 30 to 50 cm of snow sits above a thin crust. At lower elevations, 10 to 20 cm of snow sits above a more robust crust. The snow is moist below the crust.
Snow depths at treeline vary across the region. Around 95 cm is reported in the Coquihalla and 65 cm near Manning Park.
Avalanche Activity
There have been no recent avalanche reports in the region.
If you are going out in the backcountry, please consider sharing your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).