Continue to be mindful of the deep persistent slab problem and make conservative terrain choices.
Winds have increased to moderate values from the southwest likely creating thin wind slab at ridge crest and exposed cross loaded terrain.
The bottom of the snow pack is inherently weak with well developed Facets and Depth Hoar. Avalanches initiating in the upper snowpack are likely to step down to this layer and gain significant mass.
There were no new avalanches observed on the icefields parkway on Thursday.
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5cm of new snow from this past week around Parker Ridge. Upper snowpack comprised of 20-30cm variable density snow sitting on top of the December 17 facet layer. Large facets and depth hoar comprise the bottom portion of the snowpack. Snowpack depths vary from 40-100cm.
Detailed weather forecasts from Avalanche Canada: https://avalanche.ca/weather/forecast
