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)
Storm snow is beginning to stabilize.
Start with small, simple terrain before increasing 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
40 to 50 cm of snow has fallen this week, with some areas in the west receiving up to 70 cm. This soft snow is being redistributed by a west-southwest wind in the alpine and open treeline.
A surface hoar layer formed in early December is now buried 50 to 90 cm and is most prevalent between 1700 to 2200 m. So far, this layer hasn't been reactive, but it's worth keeping on your radar.
Avalanche Activity
The natural avalanche cycle seems to be coming to an end. On Thursday there were a few small (size 1 to 1.5) natural storm slabs and dry loose avalanches reported.
On Wednesday, there was a widespread avalanche cycle. With natural and human-triggered avalanches reported up to size 3.