Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Fryatt, Maligne, Marmot, Miette Lake, Pyramid.
This week's storm brought limited snow to this region. However, many areas were stripped from the storm's strong winds and lee or cross-loaded features will have new windslabs sitting on a weak base.
The threat of early season hazards is real and just below the surface.
Confidence
Moderate
Avalanche Summary
Wednesday's patrol noted no significant avalanche observations as the storm brought far less snow to the region compared to the Parkway.
Snowpack Summary
5-10cm of new snow redistributed by strong winds has stripped many areas and formed windslabs where deposited. This overlies a weak surface hoar and facet layer or a melt-freeze crust on south and west aspects. The snowpack is 30-40cm in depth with a weak facetted base.
A rain crust exists below 1800m.
Weather Summary
The Mountain Weather Forecast is available from Avalanche Canada https://avalanche.ca/weather/forecast
Friday
A mix of sun and cloud with ridgetop southwest winds 20 km/h.
Alpine temperature: High -11 °C and freezing level at valley bottom.
Saturday
A mix of sun and cloud again on saturday with ridgetop southwest winds bumping up to 35 km/h.
Alpine temperature: Low -13 °C, High -9 °C.
Terrain and Travel Advice
- Be carefull around freshly wind loaded features.
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
New snow and winds have built wind slabs in lee and cross-loaded features.
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, North West.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2