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With cold temperatures forecast for Sunday, a melt-freeze crust on the surface of the snowpack should make mountain travel more difficult. Make sure you have the right equipment and choose your destination wisely.
Areas concerned: Mont Albert, Mont Ernest-Laforce, mont Hog's Back, Champs-de-Mars, mont Lyall, mont Vallières-de-Saint-Réal, mont Blanche-Lamontagne et Mines-Madeleine
Issued on: 2025-03-22 @ 17:00, Valid until: 2025-03-23 @ 18:00
| Danger ratings | Sunday, Mar 23 | Monday, Mar 24 | Tuesday, Mar 25 |
| Alpine | 1 - Low | 1 - Low | 1 - Low |
| Treeline | 1 - Low | 1 - Low | 1 - Low |
| Below Treeline | 1 - Low | 1 - Low | 1 - Low |
Travel advice :
A loose wet avalanche, size 1.5, triggered by a cornice fall in the Frigo at the Patrouilleurs wall was observed on Saturday at 12:30.
If you are out in the backcountry, please share your observations on the Mountain Information Network (MIN).
4 to 7 cm of new snow covers a melt-freeze crust formed on March 21. The melt-freeze crust of March 7 is present between 10 and 50 cm below the surface. The entire snowpack is moist.
In the alpine and at treeline, there is little snow on all slopes except those to the east and southeast. At mid-mountain, snowpack height varies between 60 and 150 cm.
A wintry return on Sunday.
Saturday evening and night: Clearing after midnight, followed by a few snow showers. Winds northwest, 15 to 30 km/h. Low -2. Freezing level at 600 m.
Sunday: Snow ending in the afternoon. Accumulation of 5 cm. Wind northwest, 30 to 50 km/h. Maximum -12. Freezing level in valley.
Monday: Snow clearing in the afternoon. Wind southwest, 5 to 20 km/h. Maximum -5. Freezing level in valley.
Tuesday: Snow. Accumulation of 5 cm. South winds 5 to 20 km/h. Maximum -1. Freezing level at 550 m.
The snowpack structure is generally well understood.