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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Nov 16th, 2019–Nov 17th, 2019

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Below Threshold.

Regions

Kananaskis.

Warm and windy with up to 12cm of new snow.  These are ideal conditions for new windslabs to develop. 

Confidence

Moderate -

Weather Forecast

On sunday a weak front is forecast to cross the region giving us up to 12cm of new snow, moderate temps and moderate southerly winds. 

Avalanche Summary

A sz 2 slab on a NE aspects at 2800m was observed along the goat range on Saturday. This slab wasnt deep or wide but it ran far on top of the november crust layer.

Snowpack Summary

A few cm of snow over the past 24hrs but not enough to make a difference. The warm temps are settling what snowpack there currently is and despite dry snow on northern aspects, the solar aspects are pretty crusty in steeper solar areas. The nov crust is down 10-20cm but the lack of load is keeping this layer from being an issue just yet. THis layer and the october crust near the ground will be important things to watch over the season.

Problems

Wind Slabs

Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.