Regional Summary Columbia's and Rockies
Weather.
Unsettled weather is forecasted for the weekend with chance of afternoon thunderstorms and the bulk of the rain on Saturday night Sunday. Freezing levels will remain above mountain top.
Conditions,
Regional Summaries
ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains August 22, 2019
Looks like some more unsettled weather for the weekend. Current forecasts predict that it will be generally drier the farther East and South you travel and that Sunday should be drier than Saturday. Freezing levels will remain at or above 3000m.
Overall, conditions in the alpine continue to be better than what has become the new 'normal' for this time of year. Glaciers are in relatively good shape and many snow slopes, like the Bugaboo-Snowpatch col and the Swiss Glacier route on mount Rogers are hanging in there but starting to show signs of deterioration.
ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains August 16th, 2019
It seems like rainfall amounts and freezing levels varied fairly widely across the ranges today. More variable moisture is in the forecast tomorrow so it is difficult to make an accurate summary at this point.
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ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains August 8th, 2019
It looks to be a cooler week of weather and rain is expected for the weekend and beyond in most areas. This will be a temporary break from the great conditions on both rock and snow people have been reporting.
Mountain Conditions Summary for the Coast Mountains August 1st, 2019
MCR Coast Range Conditions Summary - Posted by Ross Berg on behalf of Andrew Councell, IFMGA Mountain Guides
ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains August 1st, 2019
It is looking like it could be a fine weekend to be in the mountains.
The wet spring has left us with more midsummer snow than has been usual the past few years. Even though the snow line is slowly creeping up there is generally favorable glacier travel in lots of places and there are still decent conditions in some snow gullies and ice faces.
ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains, July 26, 2019
The unsettled weather we have experienced this summer looks like it will continue through Saturday as a cold front produces some showers and thundershowers throughout the Rockies and Columbia's. A clearing trend Sunday as a high pressure system moves in looks like the start of a great time to be up high on some bigger objectives. The rest of the week currently looks quite nice with the possibility of afternoon thundershowers and some more unsettled weather later in the week.
Conditions Summary
General Conditions.
The last week has brought us significant precipitation throughout the Rockies and Columbia mountains, in the form of rain and snow. The Bugaboos has seen 50mm of rain this week. Snow line is hanging around 2300m with trace to 10cm of new snow.
With all this rain, rock fall, moraines, and large rocks are unstable. Of note some mud slides were observed in the Bugaboo area.
Glaciers have much better coverage right now than the last few years. Travel ranges from excellent to post holing.
ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains July 11th, 2019
It seems that the extended spring Monsoon is at least temporarily easing up. Hopefully the next couple of forecasted clear nights will give us some good overnight freezes and the sunny days will dry off the alpine rock and ridges in places.