Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Kananaskis.
Not much changing out there. Be mindful of the hard slabs propagating if you manage to trigger this.
Confidence
High -
Weather Forecast
Still no snow on the horizon but it is still important to dream....
Thursday: Sunny with cloudy periods. No snow. High of -4c and a Low of -16c. Moderate West winds.
Avalanche Summary
No new reported or observed today
Snowpack Summary
Extensive wind slabs, hard wind slabs, buried wind slabs, and sastrugi(wavy ridges of snow formed by the wind) dominate the alpine and open areas of tree line. These hard wind slabs can be tricky to evaluate because they have the potential to propagate but gives someone the impression underfoot that the base is solid. Take the time to dig and evaluate before committing to larger slopes.
Terrain and Travel
- Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.
- Be careful with wind slabs, especially in steep, unsupported and/or convex terrain features.
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
The buried wind slab will be hard to trigger but if you are able to get it to go from a thin area, it could produce a large avalanche. Thin wind slabs are also being found along ridgelines.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3