Lawinenlagebericht

Kananaskis

Nov 29 – 30, 2014Alberta Parks
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Lawinengefahr

Mon
Tue
Hochgebirge
3 · Erheblich
Waldgrenze
3 · Erheblich
Unterhalb
2 · Mässig
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Kernpunkte

We are at the top end of Considerable right now and if winds increase and transport the new snow around, the danger will likely increase back to high.  Be very conservative at this time as the snowpack is very susceptible to human triggering.

Lawinenprobleme

  • Loose Dry

    • Hochgebirge
    • Waldgrenze
    • Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
    Wahrscheinlichkeit
    Very Likely
    Größe
    1–2
    Watch for this problem around steep rocky terrain.

  • Storm Slabs

    • Hochgebirge
    • Waldgrenze
    • Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
    Wahrscheinlichkeit
    Very Likely
    Größe
    1–4
    Storm slabs have the potential to step down to the Nov 6th crust and create a larger avalanche.  Lots of cracking and whumpfing indicating that the snowpack is unstable within the storm snow.

  • Deep Persistent Slabs

    • Hochgebirge
    • Waldgrenze
    • Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
    Wahrscheinlichkeit
    Likely - Very Likely
    Größe
    2–4
    The current snowpack is very touchy.  Forecaster have low confidence in most open terrain that is steep enough to ski.

Confidence

Fair

Weather Forecast

Cold temperatures are forecast to continue with light winds.  The most important this to pay attention to over the next few days will be the wind.  Currently the snowpack is touchy and with some increased winds, we can expect a natural avalanche cycle to again begin in most open wind affected areas.

Avalanche Summary

Evidence of a medium scale avalanche cycle with avalanches up to size 2 observed on all aspects.  We say a medium cycle because we were expecting to see more natural avalanches than we did.  A few loose dry avalanches were also observed out of steep rocky terrain. 

Snowpack Summary

50-60cm of snow has fallen over the past 72hrs with only areas of isolated wind affect.  The Nov24th facet layer is down 55cm and the Nov6th crust is down closer to 80cm.  Easy sheers persist within the storm snow and moderate sheers persist in a layer of facets overlying the Nov 6th crust.  The snowpack is very weak and unstable at this time.  Lots of cracking and whumpfing has been observed indicating that the current snowpack is unstable and susceptible to a human trigger.

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