Kananaskis

New snow, strong wind and warming temps may increase the danger rating if more snow falls than forecasted.

No new avalanches observed or reported today. Limited visibility in the spray valley.

Recent snow continues to be transported around at treeline and above by strong to extreme westerly winds creating windslabs 40-60cm thick in lee features. As you transition into these areas be looking for these problems. These windslabs are overlying a generally well settled snowpack

The deep persistent weakness is buried deep in the snowpack down 150-170cm. This layer was active as recently as last week being triggered from a thin shallow snowpack area. Always be curious about snowpack depths and be thinking how the snow has been moved around creating thin areas.

Below 2100m a layer of surface hoar (spotty distribution) is down 40cm and may be a concern as the snowpack settles with the incoming warmer temps.

Monday: Varying models show a storm moving in, 10-20cm of snow., day time high of -3. The wind will be strong to extreme out of the West. Freezing levels to rise to 1900m

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

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avoid steep terrain, including convex rolls, or areas with a thin, rocky, or variable snowpack.
• Avoid thin areas like rocky outcrops where you're most likely to trigger avalanches on deep weak layers.
• Be careful as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
• Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.