Avalanche Canada issues Special Public Avalanche Warning for Sea to Sky

By Megan Lalonde
Warning applies to mountain ranges in Southern B.C., Alberta

“A persistent weak layer within the snowpack” has prompted Avalanche Canada, in conjunction with Parks Canada and Alberta’s Kananaskis Country, to issue a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational users of backcountry and front-country avalanche terrain throughout Southern B.C. and Western Alberta, including the Sea to Sky corridor. While Whistlerites were singing the praises of a recent storm that dumped tens of centimetres of eagerly-awaited snow across the resort—and the rest of Western Canada—that snow is now sitting “precariously” on the aforementioned weak layer.…

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• Whistler News

December 23, 2019

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