Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Nov 1st, 2019 4:55PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is
lisa paulson,
Parks Canada
Another awesome winter ahead of us! Some great skiing and climbing to be found out there while dodging early season hazards. Watch for increasing hazard with the incoming systems along the Continental Divide over the next few days.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Increased westerly wind and snow is forecasted for the next several days. We may see up to 20 cm accumulate by Tuesday evening at higher elevations along the Continental Divide. As the systems move in, watch for an increase in avalanche hazard with wind slab development and loose dry avalanches in ice climbing terrain.
Snowpack Summary
Treeline snow depths range from 30-50 cm, and are up to 80 cm in the lees of alpine features. The snowpack is generally faceted with a thin October crust, down 10-80 cm, providing support to ski travel. The crust is not continuous across terrain, and found in areas with deeper snow. Below treeline, we are below threshold amounts to rate the hazard.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed today. Earlier in the week, explosive control work in the alpine by the Lake Louise snow safety team triggered 2 pockets of wind slabs resulting in small size 1 avalanches failing on the Oct crust, ranging from 10 - 80 cm deep.
Confidence
Due to the number of field observations
Valid until: Nov 2nd, 2019 4:00PM
