Kananaskis

Solar radiation is expected to be strong on Friday.  Be alert on solar aspects as the recent snow will likely start to slide on solar aspects.

This recent storm has dropped around 10-20cm of snow, more toward the East. Expect to find some soft slabs in the alpine. Expect this new snow to slide and entrain all of the storm snow, especially on solar aspects. . This new snow has fallen on top of a previous melt freeze crust that developed during last weeks heat wave. The main concerns at this time is the new snow sliding on solar aspects that are overlying the previous melt freeze crust as well as concerns associated with the deep persistent weak base. The freezing level on Thursday climbed to 2300m with some moist snow being found below this elevation. Untracked areas at treeline and below are weak isothermal. In these Spring conditions, the avalanche danger rating can deteriorate rapidly, especially with solar input.

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Friday: Expect a mix of sun and cloud with alpine temperatures of +1c. Winds are to be light from the North and a freezing level of 2000m. Solar radiation will be strong when the sun is out and will most probably affect southern slopes to mountain top.Saturday: Expect a mix of sun and cloud, alpine temperatures of +2c and a freezing level of 2200m. Solar radiation will be strong when the sun is out.

Numerous sluffs within the new storm snow were observed on solar aspects but the cloud cover kept the solar radiation to a minimum. Friday is to be sunnier, so more activity is expected.