Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Dec 3rd, 2015 4:00PM

The alpine rating is low, the treeline rating is low, and the below treeline rating is low.

Lisa Paulson, Parks Canada

A dusting of snow now overlies the Dec 3 facets & surface hoar. More snow to come... causing the hazard to rise accordingly as the Dec 3 interface becomes buried.

Summary

Weather Forecast

Scattered flurries will continue tonight, greater amounts of snow forecast for Bow Summit (up to 8 cm) and freezing levels will climb to 1800 m with the passage of this front. Expect generally unsettled weather for the next several days, with a juicier looking storm starting saturday PM. Confidence in snow amounts for Saturday is uncertain.

Snowpack Summary

Surface hoar, sun crust and surface facets is now buried by a dusting of snow. Surface hoar up to 20mm exists up to 1800m in the Sunshine area. Above 1800m, S-SW facing terrain has a sun crust and other aspects are soft facets or wind hammered snow.Â Snowpack depth is 80-100cm, with no significant weak layers.

Avalanche Summary

No significant avalanches were observed or reported.

Confidence

Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain

Valid until: Dec 4th, 2015 4:00PM