Highway 93 from Athabasca falls to Saskatchewan Crossing is closed for Avalanche control Monday and Tuesday
Lawinenprobleme
Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Hochgebirge
Waldgrenze
Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
Wahrscheinlichkeit
Unlikely - Possible
Größe
1.5–3
rising freezing levels and large triggers like cornice failures may wake up deeper slab instabilities
Loose Dry
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Hochgebirge
Waldgrenze
Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
Wahrscheinlichkeit
Very Likely
Größe
1–2.5
Shaded aspects and elevations above the freezing level.
Loose Wet
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Hochgebirge
Waldgrenze
Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
Wahrscheinlichkeit
Likely - Very Likely
Größe
1–2.5
solar aspects and elevations below the freezing level
Weather Forecast
Strong high pressure with southern warm air will persist for another 2-3 days bringing rising freezing levels into the alpine and strong sun effect throughout the forecast zone. A small change is expected for later in the week with a return to more seasonable temperatures. Flurries may accompany the change of systems on Thursday.
Snowpack Summary
A relatively cold winter created a structurally weak snowpack slowly warming under spring-like temps and strong solar radiation. Settlement and sintering is occurring with warmer temps and melt-freeze crusts are developing on steep solar slopes. Mid and lower snowpack weaknesses persist but are not reacting to shear tests or natural triggers.
Avalanche Summary
Warm temps and rising freezing levels are resulting in loose dry avalanches on shaded slopes and loose wet avalanches on solar slopes to treeline. Avalanches treeline and below are not propagating widely, occurring to size 2, slowing in terrain that levels out or has dense vegetation. Alpine slopes have slab potential and should become more active.