We
are very busy here at the CAC and I don?t have time to do an in-depth update. I
do want to remind people that even though avalanches are much harder to trigger
now than they were even a week ago and we are seeing far less slides in recent
days, there are still signs that the weak layers we?ve been talking about since
February are still capable of producing very large, destructive avalanches.
Our
February/March avalanche photo gallery is at:
http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/library/avalanche-image-galleries/feb-march-2010
Take
a look at the two most recent
photos the gallery:
http://www.avalanche.ca/uploads/gallery/2/MPS-1.jpg
http://www.avalanche.ca/uploads/gallery/2/MPS-4.jpg
While isolated incidents, these are indicative of the
potential that still exists out there.
Please be careful if you are considering going into the
following mountains this weekend:
·
North Rockies (north and east
of Prince George to the Alberta border.
·
Columbia Mountains south of
highway 16 to the US border, between Quesnel, Williams Lake, Kamloops, and
Osyoos on the west and Valemount, Blue River, Golden, and Cranbrook on the
east.
·
South Chilcotin Mountains
north of Pemberton and east of the South Coast Mountain divide.
In
these areas, the advice provided here: http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/library/researchandarticles/PWLpaper0910 is applicable.
The
CAC Avalanche Forecasts at: http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/regions provide information that is updated daily to help you
make informed decisions if you plan to go into the mountains.
Have
a great Easter weekend and Easter holidays but play safe.
Please send this on or repost in other venues
freely.
Karl
Klassen
Mountain Guide
Public Avalanche Bulletins Manager
Canadian Avalanche Centre
kklassen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
