Avalanche Forecast
South Columbia
Daily avalanche forecasts are due to start on Thursday, November 23, 2017.
See the forecaster blog here for information on managing early season conditions.
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Avalanche Summary
Avalanche danger will rise during and immediately after a snow storm. If the temperature rises during or after a storm, or if there is rain, avalanche danger is likely to rise further. Avalanches are more likely if local reports include observations of weak layers.
Snowpack Summary
If there's enough snow to ride, there's enough snow to slide.
Winter-like wind and storm slabs form readily in alpine bowls and around ridgelines and are often poorly bonded to the layers below. Its worth remembering that on smooth terrain (like glaciers, summer snow, grass, shale slopes and rock slabs) as little as 30cm of snow is enough to create avalanches.
In some areas, early season weak layers may form. The most common scenario is a layer of sugary snow (facets) that can grow near the ground when temperatures get cold and there isn't much snow cover. Sugary facets may also be found on glaciers at the bottom of this seasons snowfall.
Weather Forecast
Mountain Weather Forecasts are available here at avalanche.ca/weather
SPOTWX (http://spotwx.com) is a good resource for local scale weather forecasts.
Remember weather forecasts are usually more accurate in the short term (1-2 days) than in the longer term (3 days or more).
More details can be found on the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Avalanche Forecasts in your Inbox
Avalanche Canada has switched to an RSS feed for its daily forecasts. This is a much more flexible method that allows automatic delivery to your email inbox, or to an RSS reader of your choice.
What are RSS feeds?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a popular standardized file format allowing up-to-date delivery of web-based content. RSS feeds enable you to receive content updates from websites, delivered to your email through an RSS aggregator (such as blogtrottr.com) or viewed through applications called RSS readers (such as feedly.com).
Set up an RSS feed for your email:
Select a RSS aggregator
- South Columbia URL:
http://www.avalanche.ca/api/forecasts/south-columbia.rss - Copy the url and paste it into the appropriate field of your RSS aggregator.
- Fill in your email address.
- Voila! Watch the Avalanche Canada forecast roll into your inbox.
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