Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Jasper.
Weather Forecast
Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries up to 2-4cms by Wednesday morning. Alpine high of -9, freezing level to 1000m. Light, gusting to moderate winds from the West through Wednesday, switching to a short lived Northerly flow by Thursday bringing ~5mm of precip according to some models. Clearing Thursday night into Friday.
Snowpack Summary
The snowpack is generally shallow and poorly consolidated, significant variation exists within the forecasting area. Test results in Portal Crk showed mod-hard results dwn 60cm on facets 2-3mm with a sudden fracture character. This layer could be hard to trigger but could go big if it was. Windslab in the alpine and suncrust below Treeline.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed or reported.
Confidence
Due to the number of field observations
Avalanche Problems
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 2 - 3
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3