Kananaskis

Heavy snow is making for poor avalanche conditions. It's best to avoid all avalanche terrain and let the new snow settle. Avalanche terrain includes valley bottom runout zones!

We've had no direct observations, but we're certain an ongoing natural cycle is underway.

Lots of snow has come in over the past 24 hours. The Spray has seen 50cm on the road and higher areas have up to 40cm on the station. It's been hard to nail down the winds, but we've had reports of strong alpine winds building significant windslabs. Our known trouble layers are now down 60-100cm deep and are being stressed by the sudden load. Expect to see all the usual avalanche problems: loose dry, storm slab and wind slabs are all widespread problems. It's especially important to consider the amount of snow available for entrainment if an avalanche should occur.

The bulk of the storm has passed, but some residual flurries are still expected tomorrow. We might a few more centimeters by tomorrow afternoon. Valley bottom winds are expected to calm tomorrow with alpine winds fading to about 10km/hr. Temperatures will start chilly at -15 and rise to -8.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avoid travel in runout zones. Avalanches have the potential to run full path.
• Only the most simple non-avalanche terrain with no overhead hazard is appropriate at this time.
• Avoid freshly wind-loaded terrain features.