Date: 09/08/2020

Conditions Summary

Yesterday a field team was in the subalpine up to approximately 1850m. Durning the day there was a mix of snow and rain. The new snow was moist and made for heavy and challenging riding conditions in the backcountry.

Alpine Hazards

Sub-Alpine Hazards

Daily Discussion
There has been a substantial amount of precipitation since Friday. Unfortunately, not all of the precipitation has been the white frozen stuff we all love, and some has fallen as a clear liquid instead.

Since Friday, there has been a significant load on the snowpack (64.2mm of precipitation has fallen as of writing this report) and as such avalanche hazard is elevated. There are layers of concern within the snowpack (buried wind slab, graupel layer, old crust interfaces) and a lot of uncertainty out there at this time as we have limited observations from the alpine.

Careful snowpack evaluation, cautious route-finding, conservative decision-making essential.

Be prepared for whiteout conditions today and wet weather.

Confidence: MODERATE

Limited observations.

Avalanche Problems

Dangerous avalanche conditions. Careful snowpack evaluation, cautious route-finding and conservative decision-making essential.

Weather Summary

Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of snow. Winds southeasterly 35 to 50 km/h. (Source: BOM)