Winter storm and avalanche alerts for B.C.'s South Coast

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Avalanche Canada is warning that the avalanche risk will be high this weekend on the South Coast mountains, while another winter storm is expected to bring more snow or freezing rain Friday.

After a series of winter storms this week on B.C.’s South Coast caused school and road closures, traffic woes, and power outages, residents may be looking forward to a break.

The storm will arrive Friday night with snow beginning late this evening across the South Coast, the agency said. However, the storm will also being warmer air, and so the snow is likely to change to rain or freezing rain at some point.The Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, and the Sea to Sky Highway, meantime, remain under a winter storm watch, with strong wind and heavy snow expected Friday night and Saturday.

The agency says winds have scoured many exposed areas and redistributed snow into lower elevations. It warns backcountry enthusiasts to watch for newly formed wind slabs and avoid steep, sheltered slopes where “a stubborn storm slab may still react to a human trigger.”

 

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