Kananaskis

Strong winds continue to redistribute recent snow, building widespread wind slabs on most aspects. Natural avalanche activity has tapered, but cautious route selection is advised as you transition into wind affected snow. Be mindful of overhead hazard.

A field team in the Commonwealth zone today saw widespread evidence of slab avalanches within the last week, no new avalanches observed or reported today.

Wind slabs are widespread in the Alpine and open areas at treeline. Although natural avalanche activity has tapered, many areas are prime for human-triggering. The recent storm snow is settling at lower elevations, but sheltered areas still have great skiing. The Nov crust layers are buried 120 to 180cm and are beginning to facet. Some recent avalanches have stepped down to the Nov crust, but this has recently been more common in shallow snowpack areas.

Wednesday will see a mix of sun and cloud.

A day time high of -1 with winds in the 30km/h range at ridge top.

https://hpfx.collab.science.gc.ca/~fsg006/productviewer/ab/table/AB_Rockies_Forecast.html

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
• If triggered, wind slabs avalanches may step down to deeper layers resulting in larger avalanches.
• Keep in mind that human triggering may persist as natural avalanches taper off.