Banff Yoho Kootenay

Early Season conditions persist.

The snowpack is gradually building in the high mountains.

Watch for hazards such as rocks, and thinly bridged crevasses.

Ice climbers watch for pockets of windslab proximate to cliffs and gullies.

Include avalanche safety gear when ice climbing in avalanche terrain.

Over the past several weeks there has been intermittent reports of ice climbers experiencing dry loose avalanches and sluffing while travelling within gullies and steep terrain.

The early season snowpack is typically thin and widely variable, presenting deep drifts and areas scoured to the ground.

Localized pockets of wind slab are common, meaning it can be easy to step from dry ground into a windslab, so watch carefully for these pockets of snow.

For current weather conditions, see the weather stations on the Avalanche Canada map page.

For weather forecasts, check out Environment Canada's products for Banff, Kootenay and Yoho.

For weather maps, graphics and satellite images check out the Mountain Weather Forecast.

For a technical weather forecast check out SpotWx