Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Kananaskis.
Confidence
Good
Weather Forecast
Cloudy conditions will prevail with west winds in the moderate to strong winds. Alpine temperatures will reach -9 tomorrow. A trace amount of new snow is possible on Sunday with up to 5cm on Monday.
Avalanche Summary
One size 1.5 Na sluff from steep alpine terrain on East aspect at 2900m. This sluff did not appear to trigger a slab on the underlying slopes.
Snowpack Summary
15 to 20cm low density Hn bonding poorly to previous surfaces which include mfc, hard slab and FC. Variable thickness mfc observed on East and North aspects where traveled today. Test profile at 2250m on East aspect, 32 degrees slope, gave CTM(12) sudden planar down 71cm. Very dense (P+) previously formed slab overlies facets and depth hoar in wind loaded feature at treeline. Whumpfing observed at treeline.
Avalanche Problems
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 2 - 5
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3