Avalanche forecast

Kananaskis

Nov 25 – 26, 2016Alberta Parks
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Avalanche danger

Sat
Sun
Alpine
2 · Moderate
Treeline
1 · Low
Below
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Highlights

Another 10cm is forecast to fall overnight with strong SW winds.  Watch for new windslabs building in open terrain.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible - Likely
    Size
    1–2
    Additional snow has fallen with strong winds building new stiffer windslabs in the Alpine and treeline.  Watch for these pockets in open wind affected areas.

Confidence

Moderate -

Weather Forecast

Forecasts are calling for continued SW winds a another 10-12cm of snow to fall overnight and throuhgout the day on Saturday.  Highwood pass/Rae saw LOTS of wind so just a heads up if you were thinking about heading that way...

Avalanche Summary

No new slides were observed on Friday but conditions were obscured and looking into the alpine was challenging.

Snowpack Summary

10-15cm of new snow fell overnight and throughout the day on Friday but its not all good news...  There were strong SW winds flowing and the new snow and even some of the old snow was rapidly being redistributed onto lee features as well as Saskatchewan.  These new windslabs are overlying the Nov 12th melt freeze crust down 30-40cm.  So far field tests have shown the bond between this overlying snow and the older snow to be good but that may begin to change as more load is applied.  New windslabs should be expected along ridgelines and in any open wind affected terrain.

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