Banff Yoho Kootenay

A dusting of snow now overlies the Dec 3 facets & surface hoar. More snow to come... causing the hazard to rise accordingly as the Dec 3 interface becomes buried.

No significant avalanches were observed or reported.

Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain

Scattered flurries will continue tonight, greater amounts of snow forecast for Bow Summit (up to 8 cm) and freezing levels will climb to 1800 m with the passage of this front. Expect generally unsettled weather for the next several days, with a juicier looking storm starting saturday PM. Confidence in snow amounts for Saturday is uncertain.

Surface hoar, sun crust and surface facets is now buried by a dusting of snow. Surface hoar up to 20mm exists up to 1800m in the Sunshine area. Above 1800m, S-SW facing terrain has a sun crust and other aspects are soft facets or wind hammered snow.  Snowpack depth is 80-100cm, with no significant weak layers.