Avalanche Canada issues warning for Western Canada
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PRINCE GEORGE — A dramatic increase in temperatures is expected to destabilize the snowpack across western Canada, resulting in dangerous, destructive avalanches.
Avalanche Canada says that “the sudden transition from cool, wintry conditions in the alpine to warm temperatures will create dangerous avalanche conditions. The effect of the warm temperatures on the existing snowpack structure means that these avalanches will likely be very large and may run to valley bottoms.”
Due to these conditions, dangerous avalanche conditions exist throughout Western Canada and “the hazard increases with each day of warm air.”
Avalanche Canada is warning “all backcountry users, including hikers and scramblers, and anyone recreating in avalanche terrain are advised to leave a wide margin for error during this warming period, stick to simple, low angle terrain, and avoid all overhead avalanche hazards. “
