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

Moderate (2)

Valid Wed Dec 25 4:00pm PST 13 hours ago Until Thu Dec 26 4:00pm PST

Look for areas where the surface snow is powdery and start with small and moderately steep slopes before considering bigger 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

Alpine terrain is heavily wind-affected, while sheltered areas have settling snow from recent storms.

A mix of weak layers exist below, with facets, surface hoar, and crusts present. Neighbouring regions have reported avalanches on this layer, but no observations suggest it is an issue in this region. Additionally, mild temperatures may help the snowpack to gain strength.

Treeline snow depths vary from 50-140 cm.

Avalanche Activity

A small skier triggered avalanche was reported in the alpine on a north east aspect on Monday.

Limited avalanche activity has been reported over the last 3 days. Avalanche activity may be ongoing in specific wind affected terrain with continued snowfall and strong wind, however, the expected size remains small.