Waterton Lakes

Hazard for peak solar warming!!!

Avoid steep solar slopes in the afternoon as temps are forecast to rise through the weekend. Expect the most warming to take place in the east side of the park.

Several natural wet loose to size 2 observed from the road this week

5-10 cm of moist snow on solars, all elevations with a strong o/n refreeze. This new crust caps a 25cm windslab over an old melt freeze crust on solars and hard windslab on polars. The January melt freeze crust is buried 50-100cm. Alpine and Treeline midpack is well settled and overlies basal facets and depth hoar. Below treeline, the Jan Crust overlies facets and depth hoar to ground.

Friday

Clear skies with alpine temps near zero. No precip and light winds

Saturday

Clear skies with alpine temps climbing to +1. No precip and light to mod winds

Sunday

Clear skies alpine temps +3. No precip and light winds

• Minimize exposure to steep, sun exposed slopes, especially when the solar radiation is strong.