Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Nov 17th, 2022 1:15PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is
mkoppang,
Avalanche Canada
Watch for an inversion over the next few days with warmer temperatures at higher elevtions. This will a concern if you plan on being under big terrain during the day such as ice climbers.
Summary
Confidence
Moderate
Avalanche Summary
Loose dry up to sz 1 from extreme terrain.
Snowpack Summary
There is an average of 40-50cm of snow from valley bottom near the Spray road all the way up to Burstall Pass. This snowpack is faceted and weak, so do not be surprised to bump into things just under the snow(rock sharks and trees). There are some wind slabs out there, mostly where you'd expect them: in lee features and in cross loaded gullies.
Highwood pass has more snow but has seen more wind and traffic! The few cms of snow did little to improve the skiing and or raise the avalanche danger.
What is important is that in both areas the Nov 16th surface hoar has now been buried and may be an issue further down the road.
Weather Summary
Mainly sunny skies will result from a persisting ridge of high pressure. A temperature inversion will result in an above freezing layer in Kananaskis Country between 2200 and 2700 m. Ridgetop winds will be from the west at 30-40 km/h. No new snow is expected... hopefully soon!
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
Valid until: Nov 21st, 2022 4:00PM
