Avalanche warnings issued across B.C. as rain and snow hit [Video]

Avalanche warnings have been issued for multiple regions of B.C., including on Metro Vancouver’s North Shore mountains, following considerable snowfall from recent storms.

“It’s a heightened avalanche danger, essentially throughout the province,” Jessie Percival of Avalanche Canada told CBC News. 

For the North Shore mountains and Sunshine Coast, the national organization says “loose wet avalanches” were predicted during the heavy rain on Saturday, and that on Sunday, “rider-triggered storm slabs are possible.”

The avalanche danger rating in the alpine for those areas is three out of five, also referred to as ‘considerable,’ however the risk is reduced on the lower parts of the mountains.

Warnings have also been issued for central Vancouver Island, and the mountains surrounding the Fraser Valley, which run north to west from the U.S.-Canada border, through Whistler and Pemberton.

The warnings are primarily relevant to backcountry users, Percival said.

“We recommend avoiding avalanche terrain,” he said. And …