Avalanche forecast

Jasper

Dec 3 – 4, 2017Parks Canada
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Avalanche danger

Mon
Tue
Alpine
2 · Moderate
Treeline
2 · Moderate
Below
1 · Low
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Highlights

Moderate danger rating represents a heightened avalanche conditions, human triggered avalanches are possible. This is not the green light to go everywhere.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible
    Size
    1–3
    Wind slabs continue building at ridge tops and if triggered, has the potential to step down to the deeper instability.

Weather Forecast

Cooling with broken skies. No precip forecasted for the near future. Winds will remain light to moderate out of SW.

Snowpack Summary

Wind slabs in exposed lee features. A significant crust (black friday, Nov.23) can be found down 30 to 70cms. A persistent slab overlays this crust and so far the bond appears to be strengthening at this interface. The Halloween crust sits well down in the snowpack at TL locations and as high as 2700m.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed or reported

Confidence

Regions covered