No overnight freeze combined with 3000m freezing levels means less window for safe travel, even early in the morning. Steer clear of steep slopes when they are moist or wet and give cornices a wide birth. Check out the Forecaster's Blogfor information on spring conditions.
Shames Mountain
British Columbia • Canada
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New Snow
Last 24 Hours
Last 5 Days
Estimated at Friday Apr 16 @ 5:00am PDT
Snowfall History
| Mon 12 | Tue 13 | Wed 14 | Thu 15 | Fri 16 |
Current Weather
45°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at
Friday Apr 16 @ 10:01pm PDT
Snowfall estimates generated by OpenSnow. Base Depth estimates provided by NOAA.
Daily Snow Forecasts
British Columbia
2020-2021 Season Recap
Updated 2 days ago
Most ski areas are closed for the season and high pressure will dominate the weather pattern for the foreseeable future, so I decided that now would be a good time to wrap up the winter forecasting season. Most regions of BC experienced an above-average winter in terms of snowpack, except for the southeast corner where snowpack has been below average.
US and Canada
Snowy pattern for Colorado, Central Rockies
Updated 2 days ago
An active pattern across the Central Rockies will result in multiple days in a row of new snow with mid-April powder days possible for ski areas that are still open. New England will also see a bonus late-season storm on Friday and Saturday with heavy snow for portions of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
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.
Snowpack Discussion
Lingering wind slabs may still be reactive in isolated locations on steep northerly aspects in the alpine that still have dry snow. All other terrain has been undergoing a melt-freeze cycle with successive days of warm sunny weather. Things will be "more melt, less freeze" on Saturday as we do not expect a good overnight recovery.
Strong solar radiation and warming will trigger more wet loose avalanches on Saturday as the snow loses cohesion. Cornices are large and fragile. Cornice falls could trigger large avalanches on the slopes below.
The snowpack is overall strong and settled in most areas, however, sustained warming can increase the likelihood of large avalanches failing on deeply buried weak layers.This is most likely to occur on steep, rocky alpine slopes with a shallow or thin to thick snowpack.
Glide cracks releasing as full depth glide slab avalanches become more common in the spring and are extremely difficult to predict. Best practice is to avoid slopes with glide cracks.
Avalanche Activity
Numerous natural and explosives triggered wet loose and cornice failures avalanches in the size 2-3 range have been reported in the last few days on all elevations and aspects. Glide avalanches have also been reported.
More Details
To get the complete forecast with additional graphics and details, please view the Northwest Coastal forecast provided by Avalanche Canada.
