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
Low (1)
Isolated pockets of wind slab may be found in the high alpine on north through east aspects.
The best riding conditions will be found in wind-sheltered terrain.
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
Surface hoar exists in wind-sheltered, open terrain at treeline and below. A thin melt-freeze crust may exist on south-facing slopes.
Above 1800 m on non-solar slopes, you can find 15 to 30 cm of snow above a thin crust. Below 1800 m, 5 to 10 cm of snow sits overtop a thicker and more robust crust.
Below the crust, there are no layers of concern in the well-settled snowpack.
Snow depths at treeline are around 100 to 170 cm near Whistler.
Avalanche Activity
Tuesday was quiet with only one (size 2) glide slab. Reports indicate that it was a couple of days old. On Monday, a small skier-triggered (size 1) wind slab was reported with some small (less than size 1) wet loose avalanches seen from steep south-facing terrain.
Isolated wind slabs may be found on north through east-facing slopes in the alpine.
If you are going out in the backcountry, please consider sharing your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).