People are being told to use caution if youre planning to head into the region’s backcountry. Yan Neuspiel with the Vancouver Island Avalanche Bulletin says the risk of a snow slide is “high” in the alpine. Neuspiel says the high hazard rate means that avalanches could easily happen naturally or be triggered by people. He says there have been several avalanches along the Beaufort Range, but luckily no one has been hurt.