Avalanche forecast

Kananaskis

Nov 16 – 17, 2019Avalanche Canada
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Avalanche danger

Mon
Tue
Alpine
2 · Moderate
Treeline
1 · Low
Below
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Highlights

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

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Unlikely - Possible
    Size
    1–2

    Be on the lookout for wind slab, especially in gullies and lee features. Wind prone areas at treeline may have small slabs.

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.

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