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)
Start your day early and watch the crust closely.
As it breaks down, reduce your exposure to avalanche 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
On northerly slopes in the alpine, there may still be around 20 cm of soft snow from earlier in the week, potentially wind affected in exposed areas. Everywhere else, it's likely a crust will form overnight and break down during the day. Another crust is buried 20 to 30 cm deep.
The mid/lower snowpack is well settled and strong, but may weaken with continued high temperatures.
Lower elevations are melting out rapidly.
Avalanche Activity
On Wednesday, a small wet loose avalanche (size 1.5) was reported near Fernie in the early afternoon.
No other avalanches have been observed since Monday. However, observations are very limited at this time of year.