Banff Yoho Kootenay

The snow pack is generally very thin. Windslabs may be encountered in isolated lee areas and spindrift should be expected in gullied ice climbs. Obstacles are near the surface; take care of knees and bases. JPK

Continued light snow over the weekend might bring as much as 5 -10 cm of snow by Sunday.

Below treeline there is not enough snow yet for avalanches. A supportive rain crust above 1900m formed in early Nov. and lies 20-40cm above the ground. How high this rain crust exists has yet to be determined. Developed surface hoar throughout the region will be buried this weekend. Some lee gullies have thin windslabs.

One small skier triggered avalanche was reported in the Bow Summit Area.