Kananaskis

Strong winds and new snow overnight and into Friday will likely trigger a natural avalanche cycle.

Moderate

• We are uncertain due to the timing, track, and intensity of the incoming weather system.

No new avalanche activity was observed on Thursdays field trip.

5cm of recent snow is being moved around by the strong to extreme winds adding more load to the current windslabs that are widespread throughout the forecast region. 40-70cm of snow is overlying the Feb 14th layer which consists of suncrust, surface hoar and old/or hard wind slabs.

Windslab development is ongoing with strong to extreme SW-W winds. As more snow falls these windslabs will continue to get more reactive. Pay close attention to snow amounts over the next 24hrs.

15cm or so of snow is forecast to fall overnight and into friday with strong to extreme winds out of the SW. Temperatures will be around -5C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Recent strong wind means wind slabs may be found farther downslope than expected.
• Expect slab conditions to change drastically as you move into wind-exposed terrain.