The avalanche maps created easily outline risky terrain in the Whistler Blackcomb area. Although these maps are conservative, they outline areas of concentrated high risk terrain which should be considered when travelling outside of the ski area boundary.

As the maps produced are based mainly on static factors, they cannot be used as a definite avalanche predictor. With advancements in geospatial representations of weather, a more comprehensive avalanche forecasting map can be made to better predict locations of avalanches. Incorporation of wind vectors, along with the wind speed can be used to find areas of loading of snow, as well as cornice formation on the lee side of slopes. Temperature data could be used to map out changing snowpacks, as high temperature gradients lead to metamorphism of snow which alters the stability. With these factors constantly changing maps would need to be produced daily in order to represent a truly accurate avalanche danger map.

Data resolution was also an issue when producing the hazard maps, as the majority of the factors were based on a 25m x 25m digital elevation model. Avalanches can be triggered on a small point which could not be represented on this large DEM, and therefore the accuracy of the map is compromised due to the resolution. The wind data was an even larger resolution of 5km x 5km, meaning it is very generalized over the area. This inevitably led to inaccuracies as wind is influenced by the topography in mountainous terrain and is likely to be extremely variable within the large pixel size. Finally the curvature data was rendered fairly inaccurate due to the large resolution of the DEM. Nearly all of the study area was calculated as having flat curvature and a higher resolution DEM would lead to a more accurate representation of the topography of the area.