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Avalanche Forecast

Dec 15th, 2017–Dec 16th, 2017

Alpine

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be low

Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low

Below Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low

Alpine

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be low

Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low

Below Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low

Alpine

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating in the alpine will be low

Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating at treeline will be low

Below Treeline

1: Low

The avalanche danger rating below treeline will be low

Regions: Banff Yoho Kootenay.

A few cm's of new snow may help the travel conditions, but it is not enough to create any significant avalanche hazard. We continue to have a very stable snowpack with no problems of note. Use normal precautions when entering steep alpine terrain.

Weather Forecast

A mix of sun and cloud on Saturday with increasing West winds later in the day. Some flurries are forecast on Sunday, but nothing sufficient to change the avalanche forecast is expected at this time.

Snowpack Summary

A few cm of new snow now covers the mix of sun crust, facets, wind slab and surface hoar depending on the aspect and elevation. The three main features in the snowpack are the Nov 27th and Nov 23rd crusts down 10-40 cm, and the Halloween crust/facet layer sitting 30-50 cm above the ground. No significant test results on these layers recently.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed or reported in the past several days has lead to no avalanche problems being listed in the bulletin.

Confidence

Due to the quality of field observations