Weak snowpack causing increased risk of avalanches in Alberta, B.C.

Forecasters expect avalanche danger to be a persistent problem in Alberta and British Columbia this winter and are urging outdoor enthusiasts to beware the backcountry. Simon Horton, senior forecaster with Avalanche Canada, says the snowpack is unusually weak due to long periods of cold, dry weather in November and December. “It has to do with buried weak layers that are sitting underneath up to a metre of snow and so, if anyone triggers an avalanche on one of these layers, it’s goin