Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Jasper.
Weather Forecast
Tuesday to Thursday will be seasonal temperatures, clouds with flurries of 1-3cm accumulation, Northwest switching to Southwest winds, and cold nights. No significant change expected.Â
Snowpack Summary
Saturday's 20cm of snow has settled down to 10-15cm. It is developing into a surface windslab on SE slopes with NW winds. As the winds shift Southerly, slabs will build on NE-NW aspects over the next few days. These new slabs are sitting on previous hard slab and sastrugi surfaces which bridges the weak basal facets near the ground.
Avalanche Summary
Sunday in the Icefields, only two small storm snow slab avalanches were noted from steep NE facing rocky treeline slopes. No other avalanches were observed along the Icefields Parkway and visibility was good. Several size 2 avalanches were noted on Sunday in the Whistler creek alpine. No new naturals were noted Monday and visibility was good.
Confidence
Due to the number and quality of field observations
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3