Avalanche risks across most of the Northwest are sitting at moderate, but snowpacks in many areas remain unstable.
Moderate risk is the second step of Avalanche Canada’s 5-stage danger rating system, and denotes heightened risks on certain terrain features.
Shifting winds and weaker snowpacks have prompted two larger slab avalanches in the region over the past few days.
Those include a slide northwest of Rosswood on Monday and a larger, persistent, remote avalanche which began on Sunday south of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
Several smaller avalanches have also been occurring remotely throughout the region, mostly caused by strong winds.
Avalanche Canada says that some of the weaker snowpacks have begun bonding, but remain weaker north of Kispiox and Kitsault.
Comments