Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Nov 25th, 2015 7:20AM

The alpine rating is moderate, the treeline rating is moderate, and the below treeline rating is low. Known problems include Wind Slabs.

matt.mueller, Alberta Parks

Kananaskis.

The sunny skies, strong solar effect and warming trend may cause localized instabilities. Particularity on the stepper south aspects. Other than that, the skiing is reasonable with a well settled snowpack.

Summary

Confidence

Good

Weather Forecast

A front will be moving into the area which will bring warmer temps over the next few days. Another clear day is on the books for tomorrow with light winds from a variety of directions. Daytime highs will approach -3 at 2000m. Needless to day, no snow is expected for some time.

Avalanche Summary

A few very isolated loose dry avalanches out of steep cliff terrain.

Snowpack Summary

10-12 cm of new snow in the last 48hrs has freshened up the skiing in many areas. There is some surface hoar growth in open areas, but nothing serious or widespread just yet. In general the snowpack is quite well settled and stable for this time of year. The snow depth at treeline varies from 60-100cm. At the Burstall parking lot there is 68cm of snow on the ground.

Problems

Wind Slabs

These are becoming harder to trigger with the cold temps and stable weather pattern. Thin areas and crossloaded terrain remain the potential trouble zones.

Avoid cross loaded features.>Avoid unsupported slopes.>

Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.

Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.

Likelihood

Unlikely - Possible

Expected Size

1 - 3

Valid until: Nov 26th, 2015 2:00PM