Kananaskis

Up to 4cm of new snow and cooling temperatures are forecast for Thursday. Winds will continue in the moderate range out of the west.

No new avalanches were observed.

Well it got warm overnight on Tuesday and there was only a minimal freeze 1800m. Moist snow was observed at lower elevations and moving into the eastern region (Kananaskis Valley), the snow continues to melt and dissipate, especially at lower elevations where very little snow can be found. Winds have created some wind slabs in the alpine, especially on lee sides of mountain passes and cross loaded gullies. The snowpack varies a lot. Thicker areas at tree line and above with close to 100cm of snow have a much denser and stronger snowpack while most areas below tree line have 40-50cm and consist mostly of facets(sugar snow).

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More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Be mindful that deep instabilities are still present in the snowpack.
• Carefully evaluate steep lines for wind slabs.