Sunshine Valley, BC

British Columbia Canada

Forecast Point 2,221 ft • 49.274, -121.235

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)

Valid Sat Dec 7 4:00pm PST 3 hours ago Until Sun Dec 8 4:00pm PST

Stick to conservative terrain on Sunday. New snow is building fresh storm slabs which may be triggered by riders.

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

Storm totals of 20 to 50 cm are expected by the end of the day Sunday. The new snow is expected to bond well.

The mid and lower snowpack is generally well-settled and bonded.

Snow depths at treeline vary across the region. Around 90 cm is reported in the Coquihalla and 50 cm near Manning Park.

Avalanche Activity

We are still awaiting reports from the storm. We suspect the likelihood of natural and human triggered storm slab avalanches to continue into Sunday.

If you are going out in the backcountry, please consider sharing your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).