December 3, 2017

    AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

    One dead, One missing in avalanche on Pietrousa Peak, Romania. Article below.             Net Pic

    Locally Sz 1-Sz 2 with Xe & Sc Saturday morning.


    YESTERDAY:

    Periods of snow through out the day on Saturday.

    Overcast with great snow conditions.

    Snow to the valley. 2 cm recorded at 1660 meters by 14:00 hr. High of +1.1 Low of -0.8 at 660 M.




Weather Observations for December 3, 2017 taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters    -10, Winds were 15-30 KPH SW --Whistler Peak
1835 meters    -10, Winds were   5-10 KPH SE  --Roundhouse
1660 meters      -9, 4 cm of new, 6 cm in 24 hrs  Base 161 cm --Pig Alley

  660 meters      -3, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +1.1, 2.2 mm of precip recorded

FORECAST:

An upper level trough is pushing through with some lingering cloud as a large high pressure builds into the area in a Northerly flow. Cold air out of the North will bring temperatures down below normal values until Monday. The ridge strengthens Monday and will slowly bring warm air into the area with the freezing level exceeding 3000 meters by Wednesday. The blocking ridge will bring mostly sunny skies to the alpine with periods of low level cloud developing at times in the valleys. This persistent ridge will likely stick around until next weekend. Get out the sun screen!!!

    Upper level trough migrating east as the ridge builds today.

    High builds for Monday.


    INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

    Great conditions for the beginning of December.

    Peak Chair opened Saturday.

    Saturday afternoon.

    Big picture on Saturday.

    Stars Saturday night.



Recent MIN Reports from Avalanche Canada:

Pit on Mt Seymour: Dec 1, 2017

Whistler Area: Dec 2, 2017


From South Coast Touring:

Philip Johnson December 2 at 5:37pm For ski tourers planning to head put into primarily sledding zones. We break trail so we can double up and do our own skiing . We encountered a group of 6 and 2 groups of two skinning on our sled track . This is very dangerous ,if you’re in the middle of a hill climb on the track you’re most likely gonna get run over . We don’t have the ability to avoid you.

ARTICLES:

One Dead, One missing in avalanche on Pietrosu Peak: Calamani Mtns, Romania

The upcoming December "Drought" in the North West: Cliff Mass Weather Blog

Large Slab Avalanche--Big Sky Resort: Montana

How to seperate your climbing skins: Backcountry Skiing Canada