Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Jasper.
Weather Forecast
Very light amounts of precip in the overnight forecast (>1mm). Mostly sunny on Thursday with alpine temperatures expected near +1 by the afternoon with light west winds. Freezing levels rising to 3200m on Friday with mostly sunny skies.
Snowpack Summary
Supportive crust (20cm to 3cm) at tree-line and below, making travel easy on skis. Persistent slab, 30 to 70cms thick, reacting to compression tests on facets in the low moderate range. Expect to see this more reactive underfoot as crust breaks down and freezing level rises. Mod - Strong winds pushing small amount of HN into pockets of slab.
Avalanche Summary
Old activity to size 2.5, mostly on solar aspects observed by field teams along the Icefields Parkway. Mix of loose wet and slab avalanches observed.
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Deep Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 2 - 4
Loose Wet
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2
Cornices
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2