Backcountry Users Reminded to Take Extra Precautions
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CANADA – Record high temperatures this weekend has prompted Avalanche Canada to extend a wide spread warning.
Concerned about upper layers of the snowpack melting and causing problems, it’s issued a warning from the Yukon down to the US Border, and from the Pacific into the Rockies.
“Given that many slopes have yet to see a full-blown warm up, we are predicting a widespread and varied array of avalanche problems this week including cornice failures, surface-layer avalanches and failure on deeper persistent weak layers. While this is not atypical weather for this time of year, clear-sky days often lead to underestimating hazard and failing to manage risk appropriately,” noted Warning Service Manager, Karl Klassen.
It’s suggested that users move to terrain that’s safe from slides that could start high above and run into lower elevations as the morning sun rises. Trips should also be finished by the early afternoon.
