Kananaskis

The winds keep pushing that Moderate alpine rating back a day. We don't have enough direct observations to give us enough confidence to lower it right now. In the meantime, travel conservatively and just enjoy being out. Caution if tomorrow's warming trend materializes!!

For the Highwood area we are expecting a rapid warming trend starting around 10am. Temperatures will go from -10 to -1 over a couple of hours. Clouds will be thin so expect some solar radiation to creep into teh snowpack as well. Aside from that, there will be nothing too exciting for the day. Moderate west winds, no snow and partly cloudy skies. 

Nothing new today.

An average weather day today hasn't changed things very much. The only potential exception was the continued strong alpine winds. We expect the windslabs have continued to build with only a slight strengthening between the layers. The crust will still be down 20-50cm, depending on snow distribution. Cornices are building as well, but how they will affect the avalanche triggering remains to be seen.

• Avoid areas with a thin or variable snowpack.
• Avoid shallow, rocky areas where the snowpack transitions from thick to thin.