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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Feb 14th, 2022–Feb 15th, 2022

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

Kananaskis.

The hard wind slab makes for challenging travel going up and skiing down.  

Confidence

High -

Weather Forecast

Mainly cloudy on Tuesday with light flurries. The morning will start off at -10c and warm up to -5c in the alpine. Winds are forecast to be light from the NW.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches have been observed.

Snowpack Summary

The forecasters took a tour into the Tent Bowl area today. The hard wind slab showed up in the small trees at 2200m and ski crampons had to be used. The wind slab in the Bowl was so hard you could not see where you travelled either going up or coming down. Even with ski crampons on, the travel was challenging. If you fell in steeper terrain, it might take a while before you slowed down. It is difficult to predict where you could trigger an avalanche right now but most likely in thin rocky areas or lee features.

Terrain and Travel

  • Be careful with wind slabs, especially in steep, unsupported and/or convex terrain features.
  • Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.

Problems

Wind Slabs

Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.