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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Mar 29th, 2022–Mar 30th, 2022

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

Regions

Kananaskis.

Generally good travel conditions exist in the early hours with the crust carrying well. Continue to evaluate the crust as it breaks down during the day as not only will travel become much more difficult, the danger rating can increase.

Confidence

High -

Weather Forecast

A low of -8 Tuesday night will help recover the melt that happened on Tuesday. Wednesday will see a day time high of around zero degree's at 2300m, more cloud cover and Precip starting in the evening. Winds are Light SW

Avalanche Summary

Forecasters flew the terrain today and noted wide spread Wet loose activity to Sz 2 on Solar aspects tree line and above. Below tree line all aspects became wet by late morning and were pin wheeling in steep terrain.

Snowpack Summary

Continued melt freeze cycle happening on all Solar aspects at all elevations and all aspects below tree line. We are seeing the top 10-20cm break down and sluffing off in wet loose avalanches . On North aspects, expect to find a crust up to 2300m, with dry snow above. Basically, the hazard will be low in the morning and will increase on solar aspects with solar radiation.

Terrain and Travel

  • Avoid sun exposed slopes when the solar radiation is strong, especially if snow is moist or wet
  • Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and wind exposure.
  • Cornices become weak with daytime heating or solar exposure.

Problems

Loose Wet

Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.