Avalanche Forecast

No new avalanches have been reported in this region, but to the east in the weaker snowpack, a large, deep size 3 on Puzzle Peak crossed the standard uptrack (solar triggered probably). The Lake Louise ski area continues to trigger deep (ground) avalanches from their explosive control work. Finally, a large natural avalanche in Kananaskis Country ran over some ice climbs on Mt. Kidd.

3-day storm totals are Sunshine 15 cm, Simpson, 13 cm, Stanley 11 cm, Bosworth 22 cm and Bow Summit 31 cm.

This new snow has fallen on a freshly buried (March 12) layer of surface hoar, facets and sun crust and in the next few days we will see how well it bonds. Generally, we expect the snowpack to settle well over the next few days as the storm snow finds its place. The basal facets are less pronounced in this region with deeper snowpack and will become less reactive over the next few days.

A quiet few days of weather ahead as a ridge of high pressure builds over the region keeping skies partly cloudy with no new snow expected and light winds over the next several days. Temperatures will remain cool, with overnight lows hitting -20 in the alpine and daytime highs reaching -5 or warmer in the valley bottoms.

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• Uncertainty is best managed through conservative terrain choices at this time.
• Avoid thin areas like rock outcroppings where you're most likely to trigger avalanches failing on deep weak layers.