Avalanche forecast

Kananaskis

Jan 17 – 18, 2016Alberta Parks
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Avalanche danger

Tue
Wed
Alpine
2 · Moderate
Treeline
1 · Low
Below
1 · Low
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Highlights

A bit of new snow has fallen and freshened up the landscape out there. This new snow has not seen much wind effect yet but caution when it does as it will be sitting on a weak layer of facets on north and/or sun crust on steeper south aspects.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Unlikely - Possible
    Size
    1–3

  • Loose Dry

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible
    Size
    1–3

Confidence

Moderate

Weather Forecast

Mainly cloudy with light flurries possibly.  Temperatures in the alpine -8.0.  Winds will be light to moderate (35km) from the southwest.  Freezing level is at valley bottom.

Avalanche Summary

Very little to no significant avalanche activity observed in the forecast region today.

Snowpack Summary

K-Country region received up to 10cm of snowfall in the past 24 hours at treeline bringing our storm snow total up to about 25 cm in the alpine. Beneath this storm snow is the January 7th facets. This is a layer that has developed as a result of the long period of cold clear weather over mid December up until recently. The winds were pretty light today but picked up a bit today in the afternoon so there exists the potential for some wind slabs at immediately lee of ridge top and cross wind prone slopes.

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