Waterton Lakes

It's still early in Waterton, we probably have enough snow to ski however the snowpack is very young. Travel with an assessment mindset as the snowpack adjusts to all these new loads. Below treeline will still be very thin with early season hazards like stumps logs and rocks.

Low

• Uncertainty is due to limitations in the field data.

No new avalanches observed however limited observations

Up to 50cm of storm snow from the week snow has been redistributed by strong winds in the alpine and at treeline. This sits atop a new crust from this weeks warm weather and rain. Our midpack is 80-100cm of refreezing snow. At 1700 m and above, the base of the snowpack consists of a series of crusts and facets to the ground. Below 1700 m the snowpack still very thin and some areas will only have this most recent storm snow on ground.

Thurs

Snow 15cm with strong to extreme SW winds. Alpine high -4°C

Fri

Flurries up to 5cm possible, Alpine high -3°C with winds decreasing to moderate to strong SW

Sat

Flurries up to 5cm possible, Alpine high -2°C. Winds moderate to strong SW

For current weather forecast, please see Mountain Weather Forecast

Current ECC weather table can be found Here

• Be careful with wind-loaded pockets, especially near ridge crests and rollovers.
• If triggered, wind slabs avalanches may step down to deeper layers resulting in larger avalanches.