Kananaskis

Excellent skiing. Be mindfull of wind slabs in the alpine and in lee features. Take the time to dig and investigate the wind slabs and the November crust.

Avalanche control took place on Three Sisters facing the Spray road. Wind slabs upto size 1.5 running far into runout paths.

On Saturday, Mt. Buller Southern path ran to the spray road putting roughly a meter of debris on the roadway.

Several natural slab avlanches up to size 2.5 have occured in the last 24 hours in and around Mount Nestor on E, N and S aspects.

Saturday's storm snow has been redistributed into wind slabs in the alpine producing natural avalanche activity up to size 2.5 on E, N and S aspects.

Be sure to dig down and evaluate this potential and always be feeling with your pole and skis for that hollow feeling indicating you are on a supportive windslab. The November crust is now down 110-170cm, and is showing signs of faceting around this crust layer. Recent avalanches in the upper snowpack have stepped down to this interface producing large destructive avalanches.

The forecasters were in the Buller area today and found a generally shallower and weaker snowpack. This is typical for the region of Buller and to the North. They were surprised by whomphing and settlements in the snowpack. This is related to the facets being formed above the November crust.

Monday will bring a mixed bag of sun, cloud and the odd flurry. Temperatures will hover between -9c and -15c. Winds, on the other hand will be strong from the NW.

https://hpfx.collab.science.gc.ca/~fsg006/productviewer/ab/table/AB_Rockies_Forecast.html

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
• If triggered, wind slabs avalanches may step down to deeper layers resulting in larger avalanches.
• Be mindful that deep instabilities are still present and have produced recent large avalanches.
• Keep your guard up as storm slabs may remain sensitive to human triggering.