Avalanche forecast

Kananaskis

Nov 24 – 25, 2025Avalanche Canada
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Avalanche danger

Wed
Thu
Alpine
2 · Moderate
Treeline
1 · Low
Below
Early season
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Highlights

A very welcomed storm has hit the region, not truly enough to start the ski season proper, but a step in the right direction. Creeks are still wide open and lower elevations would be hard travel.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

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

    Buried wind slabs along ridgelines and in gully features.

  • Loose Dry

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible
    Size
    1–1.5

    New snow sitting on a variety of crusts, this will sluff off easily and could entrain as it slides. Caution to over head and places like gully's or canyons

Confidence

Moderate

Avalanche Summary

A flight over the spray valley today noted several Loose dry avalanches to size 1.5. These are not running far but they appeared to run during the storm and on a crust at lower alpine elevations or in extreme rocky alpine terrain

Snowpack Summary

Roughly 20 cm has fallen in the burstall pass region, tapering with elevation. This sits upon various crusts. Minimal surface wind effect was noted on a flight over the spray today.

Treeline and below is still pretty shallow for snow. It's a long season, so think about your knees!

Weather Summary

Tuesday will see partially sunny skies and a day time high of -11.

Ridge top winds around 25km/h from the SW

https://hpfx.collab.science.gc.ca/~fsg006/productviewer/ab/table/AB_Rockies_Forecast.html

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Be careful with sluffing in steep terrain, especially above cliffs and terrain traps.
  • Ice climbers should be equipped with avalanche safety gear.
  • Be careful with wind-loaded pockets, especially near ridge crests and rollovers.
  • Avoid terrain traps such as gullies and cliffs where the consequence of any avalanche could be serious.

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