A lick of new snow may slide easily on the crust. A high degree of uncertainty around deep layers in a complex snowpack is best managed through conservative terrain selection. This is not the best time to dive into ultra committing lines.
Whistler Blackcomb
British Columbia • Canada
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New Snow
0"
Last 24 Hours
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Last 5 Days
Resort reported at Saturday Jan 16 @ 6:08am PST
Snowfall History
| Tue 12 | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 |
Current Weather
24°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at
Saturday Jan 16 @ 6:46pm PST
Terrain
100%
Area Open
240 of 240
Trails Open
22 of 37
Lifts Open
93"
Base Depth
Variable Conditions
Resort reported at Saturday Jan 16 6:08am PST
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Snow report provided by SnoCountry
Daily Snow Forecasts
British Columbia
Light snow for most on Sunday & Tuesday
Updated 10 hours ago
The next storm will bring snow to most areas Saturday night-Sunday, but only light to moderate amounts are expected except across Northern BC where heavier snow will fall. Most areas will see a break on Monday, then another weak storm will arrive on Tuesday. After that, we'll head into a colder and drier pattern from January 20th-27th before better snow potential returns in late Jan.
Northwest
Sunday minor snowfall
Updated 1 day ago
You’ll like Saturday with plenty of early sunshine and a dry day. The clouds will move later and a weak weather system will bring in light snowfall, mainly for the central and north Cascades by early Sunday. Your holiday Monday will see sunshine, so enjoy carving the groomers. By mid-week a much cooler pattern will develop with new snow and low snow levels.
Whistler
Weekend mix
Updated 1 day ago
High pressure will build in briefly on Saturday for a dry day. A weak storm will enter BC from the northwest later Saturday into Sunday, with light snowfall. There will be partial clearing by later in the afternoon and Monday. Much cooler air will move in by mid-week with light to perhaps modest snowfall, but with high quality light snow.
US and Canada
Snow returns to Northern New England this weekend
Updated 1 day ago
A storm will bring a good round of snow to higher elevations in Northern New England on Saturday with additional light snow expected in the days to follow. A series of weak storms will bring snow to British Columbia, Washington, and the Northern/Central Rockies over the next several days as well. The Sierras and Central/Southern Rockies will be more favored from Jan 21st-25th.
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
Variable wind effect in the alpine includes scoured windward aspects, sastrugi, hard slab, wind pressed surfaces over lower density snow and isolated pockets of soft snow in sheltered areas above 2000 m. Wind slabs may remain sensitive where they overlie surface hoar in sheltered terrain or a crust on solar aspects. A widespread surface crust exists below 1900 m.
The snowpack is currently quite complex. A layer of sugary faceted grains above a hard melt-freeze crust from early December may be found down 100 to 200 cm. Last weekend, several large natural and human-triggered avalanches on this layer occurred, with the hot spots being around the Whistler backcountry.
Near the base of the snowpack, there may be faceted grains above a crust from early-November, which was identified as the failure layer in recent sporadic avalanche releases. At this depth, avalanches are large and destructive.
Avalanche Activity
Explosive control work targeting cornices on Friday produced results up to size 2. On Wednesday, there were reports of a natural storm slab avalanche cycle up to size 3. There were also several that stepped down to deeper weak layers resulting in very large (size 3-4) persistent slab avalanches. Check out this MIN describing a large cornice-triggered avalanche in the Blackcomb sidecountry on Thursday.
Last Saturday, a large (size 3) avalanche was remotely triggered by skiers on Cowboy Ridge near Whistler. The avalanche occurred on a north to northwest aspect at around 1900 m. The crown ranged reached up to 200 cm and was approximately 200 m wide. Check out this MIN for photos and more information. A similar avalanche was remotely triggered by skiers on a nearby westerly slope a few days before; check out this MIN for more info and photos.
More Details
To get the complete forecast with additional graphics and details, please view the Sea To Sky forecast provided by Avalanche Canada.
