Rare extreme avalanche rating issued for Sea-to-Sky mountains

By Brandon Barrett
Upper alpine at Whistler Blackcomb remains closed

“Very large avalanches are almost certain” on Friday, Jan. 3, warned Avalanche Canada in an uncommon extreme avalanche warning issued for the Sea-to-Sky mountains. In a statement, the organization said it “rarely sees” the danger rating rise to extreme, and, on its website, urged the public to avoid all avalanche terrain as “intense precipitation will form large storm slabs and add tremendous stress to an already wet snowpack.”
“We typically see extreme ratings about once or twice per year and that’s across all of Western Canada,” added Avalanche Canada forecaster Simon Horton in a follow-up call.…

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• Whistler News

January 3, 2020

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