Regional Summaries

ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains July 2, 2020

Stephen Holeczi
ACMG
Jul 2, 2020 - 19:45

Still extremely snowy for this time of year, which can be a blessing and a curse. Most reports are coming out of the Rockies, with the snowline hovering around 2100m and even lower on shady aspects. That means there can still be snow found below treeline in July! The blessing is that after a good overnight freeze snow travel can be excellent and glaciers have great coverage over crevasses which will hopefully last most of the summer (fingers crossed).

ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains. June 18, 2020.

Mark Klassen
ACMG
Jun 18, 2020 - 17:30

Typical late spring conditions prevail in the Rockies and Columbias.

WEATHER
The Rockies have been drier than the Columbias over the past week, with showery weather prevalent in the western ranges for much of the week. Areas of the front ranges of the Rockies were mostly dry after a some heavy rainfalls last weekend.

Coast Range Regional Summary, June 12

Andrew Councell
ACMG
Jun 12, 2020 - 21:00

It feels like the last week has been a blur and hard to believe the weekend is already upon us. Once again, good weather refuses to coincide with outdoor activities this weekend with plenty of rain in the last 24 hours and more forecasted thru the weekend. That said, our best window for decent weather may be Saturday. Overnight freezing levels look to drop to around 1800-2000m and "unsettled" may be the best word to describe the predicted weather pattern. Still, this afternoon the sun appeared for a couple hours and made for some pleasant parking-lot standing.

ACMG Mountain Conditions Summary for the Rockies and Columbia Mountains. June 12, 2020

Tom Wolfe
ACMG
Jun 12, 2020 - 04:45

WEATHER
After a week of great weather, the weather is forecast to start deteriorating this evening with a wet weekend to look forward to across western Canada. Freezing levels will drop a bit, from 3000 m currently to around 2000 m. This could provide up to 15 cm of fresh snow, way up high in the alpine.

EAST SLOPES CONDITIONS
Apart from this coming storm, the Eastern slopes of the Rockies are drying out nicely and many of the scrambles and ridge traverses are coming into shape. Expect some snow patches on high N aspects and check for ticks when you get home.

Ice Climbing Conditions Summary for the Rocky Mountains, Feb 28, 2020

Conrad Janzen
ACMG
Feb 28, 2020 - 13:00

After the big storm at the start of February, the snowpack in the Central Rockies has been on a gradually improving trend with really good skiing and climbing conditions. Many longer ice routes are in great shape, the avalanche hazard has been in the Moderate to Low range, and a lot of climbing routes have had the start zones above them “clean out” or avalanche during the Feb 1st storm.

Things are slowing changing in a couple of ways right now and the avalanche hazard is forecast to rise slightly over the weekend on many ice routes and couloirs.

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