Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Jan 6th, 2016 8:00AM

The alpine rating is low, the treeline rating is low, and the below treeline rating is low. Known problems include Loose Dry.

Parks Canada chris gooliaff, Parks Canada

The cloudy days make the short days seem even shorter. Give yourself plenty of time to get to the trail head before dark.

Summary

Weather Forecast

In a nutshell, cloudy, a few flakes, no winds, remaining cool. Light flurries with no significant accumulation are expected today. Winds will remain light in the alpine, with freezing levels staying near valley bottom. The same is expected for Thursday.

Snowpack Summary

Scattered flurries from the past 36 hours have covered a variety of old surfaces. This included surface hoar from 1700m to ridgetop, thin variable slab in wind-exposed alpine areas, and thin sun crusts on steep solar aspects. Lower elevation and wind-protected areas have 10-15cm of low density faceted snow on a well settled base.

Avalanche Summary

There were isolated loose avalanches to size 2 from both N and S aspects observed in the highway corridor yesterday. All started from steep, rocky alpine terrain and none ventured further than the beginning of their respective avalanche fans.

Confidence

Problems

Loose Dry

An icon showing Loose Dry
Loose sluffs can be expected in steep rocky terrain. Gullies can focus the force of moving snow, causing these innocent-looking masses to pack a punch.
Be cautious of sluffing in steep terrain.

Aspects: All aspects.

Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.

Likelihood

Unlikely - Possible

Expected Size

1 - 2

Valid until: Jan 7th, 2016 8:00AM