'Extreme' Avalanche Danger Warnings Issued Near Whistler

The mountains around Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, recently benefitted from significant snowfall.Now, it's getting warm, leading to rapidly increasing avalanche risk throughout the region.Avalanche Canada issued an update yesterday about the "significant warming."As of this morning, Whistler Blackcomb's forecast zone had "high" avalanche danger, meaning "very large avalanches will occur over the next few days."Avalanche Canada's snowpack summary of the zone noted that warming temperature