Avalanche Forecast
Avalanche Bulletin - Little Yoho
We have reached the tipping point for avalanches. Natural activity has slowed down, but the snowpack is perfectly primed for human triggering. Step way back in terms of your terrain use and exposure.
Avalanche Problem 1: Wind Slabs
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid exposure to overhead avalanche terrain, large avalanches may reach the end of run out zones.
- Avoid all avalanche terrain.
Avalanche Problem 2: Persistent Slabs
What Elevation?
Which Slopes?
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There are 3 weak layers in the upper snowpack: Jan 16, Jan 6, and Dec. 15. All are a mix of sun crust, surface hoar and facets depending on your aspect and elevation. Recent loading has overloaded these layers and we are seeing avalanche running far.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- It is a good time to stay within the boundaries of a ski resort.
- Avoid all avalanche terrain.
Avalanche Summary
There was a widespread avalanche cycle yesterday to size 3 in Little Yoho with wind slabs and persistent slabs failing. Less activity Friday but still some sporadic size 2-3 persistent slabs failing in the region.
Snowpack Summary
55-75cm of snow has fallen over the past 10 days creating a lot of loose snow on the surface. Alpine winds have distributed this into leeward areas with wind slabs up to 1m thick. Three persistent weak layers lurk in the upper half of the snowpack: Jan 16 down 20-40cm; Jan 6 down 30-50cm; Dec15 down 40-80cm giving easy-mod test results.
Weather Forecast
Temps. will be in the -5 to-10C range for Saturday, and slightly cooler in the alpine. At treeline we could see 10-15cm with light to mod. S - SW upper level winds (3000m). An "atmospheric river" may enter our region Sunday night which could cause an avalanche cycle.
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Lots of recent new snow and winds have created touchy wind slabs in lees. Yesterday, an avalanche cycle saw many avalanches failing as windslabs and then stepping down to the deeper persistent weak layers