The avalanche risk in B.C.’s backcountry is expected to increase this weekend, according to forecasters at Avalanche Canada who say a strong storm system will pass through the province on Sunday.
“I would foresee especially for Sunday’s storm, which looks quite punchy, we’ll see significant areas of high danger. Certainly on the coast and in the southern region — places like the Kootenay boundary, possibly the southern Purcells, and places like the Flathead Lizard range — across the south,”
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