Highway 93 is closed with an uncertain opening date.
A large amount of precipitation has fallen in the icefields area as a mixture of snow and rain. At higher elevations this will add a large volume of snow as a storm slab and on top of existing weak layers. Carefully asses all terrain and be mindful of exposure to overhead slopes.
A 40-100cm slab existed previously and is now being overloaded by new precipitation. This may be the tipping point for some slopes.
Continued precipitation has created a storm slab at higher elevations. Around the Bald Hills area expect them to be 20-30 cm deep at higher elevations.
On Thursday a roadway patrol from the Jasper townsite to Parker Ridge observed numerous wet loose up to size 3 at Treeline and Below Treeline elevations. Visibility was generally poor and not much of the alpine terrain was able to be observed.
In the last five days 91mm of precipitation has fallen as a mixture of rain and snow along the Icefields Parkway, and 20-25mm in the Maligne area. A persistent weak layer of surface hoar and facets is buried 50-150 cm. The midpack is generally well consolidated with facets near the ground. Average snow depths for Icefields is 150-220 cm and Maligne is 60-140 cm.
Cloudy with sunny periods.
Precipitation: Nil.
Alpine temperature: High -8 °C.
Ridge wind west: 15-35 km/h.
Freezing level at valley bottom.
SundayMainly cloudy with isolated flurries.
Precipitation: Trace.
Alpine temperature: Low -12 °C, High -10 °C.
Ridge wind southwest: 20 km/h gusting to 45 km/h.
Freezing level at valley bottom.
MondayMainly cloudy with isolated flurries.
Precipitation: Trace.
Alpine temperature: Low -12 °C, High -9 °C.
Ridge wind southwest: 15-35 km/h.
Freezing level at valley bottom.
