Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Nov 27th, 2019 2:00PM

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

Avalanche Canada Mikey, Avalanche Canada

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This last storm has left us with mostly good skiing.

Summary

Confidence

High -

Weather Forecast

Up to another 5cm of snow is expected by Wednesday morning. The temperature in the alpine on Wednesday morning will be about -25c and warming to -15c by late afternoon. Skies will be a mix of sun and cloud with light easterly winds.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches were observed.

Snowpack Summary

This last storm has left us with 10-25cm of snow, more towards the East of the Park. The alpine has variable distribution of snow from 60-150cm of depth due to several wind events over the last couple of weeks. The alpine has a lot of good skiing in sheltered areas. Some alpine areas have extensive wind slabs (producing easy to moderate sheers) with the reverse loading from the recent easterly storm. This recent storm snow sits on previous hard wind slabs that are "drum" like sounding. The snow coverage below tree line is still slim, thus making travel challenging.

Problems

Wind Slabs

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The alpine has has a mixed bag of powder snow and wind slabs. Be alert on changing conditions under your skis.

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

Elevations: Alpine.

Likelihood

Possible

Expected Size

1 - 2

Valid until: Nov 28th, 2019 4:00PM