Kananaskis

Excellent ski quality in most standard area's right now. A touch of wind is slowly showing up in the alpine and is more reactive where it overlies a sun crust.

Moderate

• We are uncertain whether the wind will be enough to form new wind slabs.

A Skier accidental today on a SE aspect. See MIN here.

No other avalanche activity was reported or observed today with very good visibility.

In the alpine, a soft windslab is starting to form in isolated features in the alpine. Storm snow is settling slightly with amounts down to 40cm on average at treeline. There are pockets of deeper snow here and there, but they are getting harder to find. The Valentine's layer is certainly there, but without a stiff slab on top of it, problems are isolated to steep unsupported terrain in the alpine. Down low when trail breaking in an unmodified snowpack, whumphs and settlements were frequent until above 2000m.

The cold is moving out with more seasonal temps. On Saturday, a high of -10 with light winds out of the S-SW, no new snow in the forecast.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Pay attention to the wind; once it starts to blow, sensitive wind slabs are likely to form.
• Be careful with sluffing in steep terrain, especially above cliffs and terrain traps.