Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Jasper.
Weather Forecast
Wednesday and Thursday will be -10 to -18, 5-10cm of snow, and light South and West winds shifting Easterly on Thursday. Temperatures will drop to -20 on Thursday then warm up on Friday.
Snowpack Summary
45cm of storm snow from Friday and Saturday arrived with light and some moderate southerly winds. It continues to settle into a soft slab at treeline and above. The mid and lower snowpack is structurally weak, the base of which is 5mm depth hoar crystals and a deteriorating rain crust. S aspect found decomposing SH layer down 30 under storm snow.
Avalanche Summary
Tuesday noted two recent size 3's on Kitchener slopes facing highway. They were wide and ran far. Avalanche control work on Sunday produced up to sz 3, some stepping down to deep persistent layers or to the ground where weak facets and depth hoar exist.Â
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Deep Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 2 - 3
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 2 - 3