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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Jan 26th, 2021–Jan 27th, 2021

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.

Regions

Kananaskis.

A few cm's of snow is expected but its gonna take a fair bit to improve the ski quality! If you don't mind low ski penetration, and fast travel and 2-5 good turns on a trip, now is the time to get out! Sorry wish it was better news.... Windslabs still dominate the landscape. 

Confidence

High -

Weather Forecast

Light flurries are forecast over the next 24hrs but its gonna take alot more than light flurries to repair the wind damage! Winds will be light out of the south and temperatures in the -10C range

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches have been observed over the past 24hrs. 

Snowpack Summary

Well some facetting is making for light snow in the trees but anywhere that could be wind affected is. No snow in quite some time now is essentially making the skiing pretty grim out there. Great travel though! Just keep windslabs in your mind though also think about what will be when it snows again!

Terrain and Travel

  • Be careful with wind slabs, especially in steep, unsupported and/or convex terrain features.
  • Pay attention to isolated alpine features as well as cross-loaded features at treeline.

Problems

Wind Slabs

Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.