Regions
Banff Yoho Kootenay.
Be wary of daytime heating. Get an early start; avoid gullied terrain; watch for thin spots; and be done early. Having said all this, there is some good skiing on sheltered North and east slopes to be had in the morning.
Weather Forecast
It is a good time to start waking up early again. Daytime heat and intense solar activity are expected to produce natural avalanches for the next few days.
Snowpack Summary
Our greatest concern is in weak shallow snowpack areas, facets in the lower snowpack overlain by a stiff slab produce easy, sudden collapses in tests. Sudden daytime heating over the next few days may trigger cornices or re-animate older snowpack weaknesses.
Avalanche Summary
Some small wet avalanches were noted from steep alpine terrain.
Confidence
Freezing levels are uncertain
Problems
Deep Persistent Slabs
Deep Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a thick cohesive layer of hard snow (a slab), when the bond breaks between the slab and an underlying persistent weak layer deep in the snowpack. The most common persistent weak layers involved in deep, persistent slabs are depth hoar or facets surrounding a deeply buried crust. Deep Persistent Slabs are typically hard to trigger, are very destructive and dangerous due to the large mass of snow involved, and can persist for months once developed. They are often triggered from areas where the snow is shallow and weak, and are particularly difficult to forecast for and manage.
Loose Wet
Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.
Cornices
Cornice Fall is the release of an overhanging mass of snow that forms as the wind moves snow over a sharp terrain feature, such as a ridge, and deposits snow on the downwind (leeward) side. Cornices range in size from small wind drifts of soft snow to large overhangs of hard snow that are 30 feet (10 meters) or taller. They can break off the terrain suddenly and pull back onto the ridge top and catch people by surprise even on the flat ground above the slope. Even small cornices can have enough mass to be destructive and deadly. Cornice Fall can entrain loose surface snow or trigger slab avalanches.