Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Jasper.
Cautiously stepping out!
Cold daytime temps will lock-up our moist snowpack for the next while. Expect isolated periods of higher hazard in areas with strong solar influence.
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Weather Forecast
Thursday: Cloudy with sunny periods and isolated flurries. Low -10 C, High -8 C. Wind west: 15-35 km/h.
Friday: Cloudy with sunny periods and isolated flurries. Low -10 C, High -6 C. Wind SW: 10-30 km/h. FZL: 1400 m
Saturday: Cloudy with sunny periods and isolated flurries. Low -10 C, High -6 C. Wind SW: 10-30 km/h. FZL: 1600 m
Snowpack Summary
Settled HN over a moist snowpack on solar slopes and, on all aspects, BTL. Mar 23rd sun crust (all elev.) and MFcr (all asp, up to 2100m) are present in the upper snowpack. Isothermal melt/freeze snowpack below 1700m.
Avalanche Summary
Significant natural and explosives controlled avalanche cycle up to sz 3 wet slabs on solar aspects, all elevations. Spring diurnal cycle in full swing!
Confidence
Freezing levels are uncertain
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
New snow at tree line and above have settled into soft slabs with warmer temperatures and Light winds.
- Watch for signs of instability such as whumphing and cracking.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Unlikely - Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3