No wind is making for fantastic skiing out there. The northern part of the forecast region has more of a windslab problem, but still reasonable. In all areas, inspect steep lines carefully for buried slabs before launching into them.
Summary
Confidence
High
Weather Forecast
The current weather pattern will continue more or less as is for awhile yet. Some cloud is expected tomorrow. No snow is forecast for the next 3 days. Temperatures tomorrow will peak at -1300 in the alpine. Expect another chilly morning. Winds will be light at all elevations.
Avalanche Summary
Some small loose dry avalanches from the last 48hrs are still visible. These are isolated to steep, gully features. A cornice collapse was also noted today from a distance. There didn't appear to be any propagation of the slope below. Sz 1.5, SE asp 2500m
Snowpack Summary
We are seeing more wind transport from last week in the northern portion of the forecast region. As expected, the alpine windslabs are more prevalent in the northern regions and have a slightly higher likelihood of human triggering. These windslabs are buried beneath the new snow, down as much as 20cm in some areas. The slabs are generally well bonded to the layers underneath. At treeline, there is still no significant windloading of the upper layers. The Dec 4th is present, but still not reactive. The recent cold has already started to facet the surface snow, which is also helping to keep the hazard low. Below treeline, it is still a well settled snowpack with no significant layers of concern yet. Snow depths are:mud lake 80highwood 75Burstall pass 106
matt.mueller,
Alberta Parks
