Avalanche forecast

Kananaskis

Mar 9 – 11, 2026Avalanche Canada
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Avalanche danger

Wed
Thu
Alpine
3 · Considerable
Treeline
3 · Considerable
Below
2 · Moderate
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Highlights

Colder temps and a mix of sun and cloud for Tuesday, conditions are prime for human triggering, exercise caution and practice conservative route finding if in avalanche terrain.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Very Likely
    Size
    1.5–2.5

    Fresh wind slabs now have buried old wind slabs, caution wind loaded slopes and cross loaded features.

  • Loose Dry

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Very Likely
    Size
    1–1.5

    Expect sloughing off steep alpine features

Confidence

Avalanche Summary

Several new natural slab avalanches throughout the spray valley observed up to Size 2.5.

Snowpack Summary

Saturday/Sundays storm has changed the snowpack a fair bit. Wet snow/rain was dominant on Saturday and Sunday. Things slowly cooled off by mid day Sunday and turned to snow. Forecasters out in the black prince zone today found minimal new snow at valley bottom and up to 40cm at 2350m. There is a melt freeze crust up to this elevation and a suncrust above on solar aspects. Below this sits the Feb 14th crust approx down 80cm.

Weather Summary

Tuesday weather:

A mix of sun and cloud. Day time high of -15 with 30 km/h West winds

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Expect slab conditions to change drastically as you move into wind-exposed terrain.
  • Avoid steep terrain, including convex rolls, or areas with a thin, rocky, or variable snowpack.

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