Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Kananaskis.
Widespread wind slabs in the alpine. Evaluate alpine terrain carefully as hard wind slabs can propagate into avalanches.
Confidence
Moderate -
Weather Forecast
Another windy day forecast for Thursday with strong westerlies. Temperature in the alpine will hover around -10c along with a few flurries starting later in the day. Weather models are indicating upwards of 30+cm of snow for Friday and Saturday.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed.
Snowpack Summary
The valley bottom is still challenging travel due to the minimal amounts of snow. At 2200m, there is about 100cm of snow at the most, of which the bottom 60cm is comprised of facets. . Somewhere around 2350m, the snowpack increases a bit and has a supportive midpack. This midpack was mostly formed by the numerous winds slabs that have bonded over the last few weeks. The wind has been blowing strong from the West for three days, depositing a solid wind slab on the surface in most of the alpine. Please watch the bulletin closely over the next few days as the forecast snow on Friday and Saturday will most likely increase the avalanche danger to High.
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South, North West.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3