Cornices
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible
- Tamaño
- 2–3
Large cornices are looming. On failure, deep releases may run far into the valley bottom.
Boletín de aludes
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May 1 – 2, 2013Parks Canada
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Peligro de aludes
Fri
Sat
Alta montaña
2 · Moderado
Límite del bosque
2 · Moderado
Bajo el límite
1 · Débil
Lo esencial
If temperatures rise higher than predicted on Thursday, the avalanche danger will increase on all aspects and elevations. Powder conditions still exist on northerly aspects but not for long!
Problemas de aludes
Loose Dry
NNEESESSWWNW- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Likely
- Tamaño
- 1–2
The recent storm snow will be sluffing off steep terrain as point release avalanches. Alpine and ice climbers should keep this in mind.
Storm Slabs
NNEESESSWWNW- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible - Likely
- Tamaño
- 1–3
40cm of storm snow has fallen since Saturday. West and NW winds have moved this snow onto lee aspects. South facing aspects are particularly likely trigger areas where the bonding of the new snow to the old melt freeze crust is weakest.
Weather Forecast
Day time temperatures will progressively rise to the mid-twenties by Sunday. Overnight temperatures will break the freezing mark by Saturday. Winds will ease and the sun will shine. Finally!!
Snowpack Summary
40cm of snow has fallen in the Icefields area since Saturday. This has formed pockets of windslab at and above treeline. Bonding of this slab on Southerly slopes should be considered suspect. Below the new snow a thick melt freeze crust layers cap isothermal snow below. Sun crusts extend high into the alpine on South facing slopes.
Avalanche Summary
No reports of avalanches today.
Confidence
The weather pattern is stable on Thursday