Avalanche forecast

Waterton Lakes

Feb 8 – 11, 2022
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Avalanche danger

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

Warm temps and wind are eroding snow and waterfall ice near town. Good skiing is still available near Cameron Lake area.

South facing ice climbs on Crandell are rapidly deteriorating.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

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

    A complex of windslabs has formed on top of the January crust. Failures are possible near the surface or deeper on the crust.

Weather Forecast

Tues: Cloudy, with strong ridge top winds switching to NW. Alpine temps -4. FL valley bottom

Wed: Cloudy, with clearing near noon and trace precip overnight. Alpine temps +2 with moderate to strong wind. FL 1500m

Thursday: Clear with a alpine high of +3. Ridge top winds S-X and switching back to west. FL 1500m

Snowpack Summary

Warm temps and X-westerly wind has built 20- 40 cm windslabs in lees. Moist snow to approximately 1800m This overlies Jan 18 crust extending all aspects up to 2000m, and higher on solar aspects. Well settled midpack, with facets above Dec 4 crust, buried 150-200 cm, above Nov layers.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed. Please post any avalanche observations on the Mountain Information Network, we really appreciate any observations.

Confidence

Due to the number of field observations

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