Waterton Lakes
Peligro de aludes
Lo esencial
Localized convective flurries could increase snowfall amounts in some parts of the park.
Pay attention to pockets of deeper snow over suncrust.
Confidence
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche observations this week.
Snowpack Summary
Firm crusts at all elevations on solar aspects, and dry snow on true polar aspects. 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.
Weather Summary
Friday
Increasing cloudiness with flurries in the evening. Strong southwest ridgetop winds. Alpine high of - 3°C.
Saturday
Around 10 cm of new snow with strong to extreme ridgetop winds. Alpine high of -3°C.
Sunday
Broken skies, no precip expected. Moderate ridgetop winds with an alpine high of -5°C.