Avalanche forecast

Waterton Lakes

Nov 23 – 24, 2019Parks Canada
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Avalanche danger

Sun
Mon
Alpine
No rating
Treeline
No rating
Below
No rating

Highlights

The Akamina Parkway is currently closed to the public for construction work, but will re-open to foot traffic in early December. Regular Avalanche Forecasts will begin on December 2nd.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible - Likely
    Size
    1–2

    Enough snow has fallen to create winter like conditions up high. Be on the lookout for pockets of windslab especially where the snow from september did not melt out.

Weather Forecast

A current overall weather forecast can be found at: https://avalanche.ca/weather/forecast (now with alberta specific information!!), and local forecasts can be found at https://spotwx.com

Snowpack Summary

At upper elevations in the front ranges 20-30cms of recent snow has been moved by strong southwest winds, and now sits on bare ground or remnants of the September snowfall.

Avalanche Summary

Several size 1-1.5 natural wind slab avalanches have been observed on lee areas at all elevations including below treeline in places where September snow remains.

Confidence

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