Avalanche Forecast

Tomorrow will start out nice, but flurries will move in by early afternoon. We'll only see 2-3cm's, a mere dusting as they say. The winds will be a little gusty as the flurries roll through, but nothing a seasoned Kananaskis User will even notice. Ridge top winds will be steady at 30-40km/hr from the SW. As for temperatures, the daytime high is 0 degrees. Expect strong solar input for the morning.

A few loose dry up to sz1.5 out of steep terrain. Also, a more notable sz2 slab on an east aspect.

The recent storm snow of up to 30cm remains dry on northerly aspects, but was moist on the solar side by midday. By morning expect snow on SE through W aspects to have a surface crust. At treeline and below the recent snow is bonding well, but in the Alpine there is a different story. Wind slabs are evident on all aspects except west. The natural avalanche cycle is tapering off, but loaded slopes in the Alpine are still in a human-triggering phase.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
• Avoid sun exposed slopes when the solar radiation is strong, especially if snow is moist or wet
• Avoid lee and cross-loaded terrain.
• Avoid steep convex slopes.
• Closely monitor how the new snow is bonding to the crust.
• Cornices become weak with daytime heating or solar exposure.