Kananaskis

Daily forecasts are no longer being completed by forecasting teams.

Check the forecasting blog on https://avalanche.ca/spring-conditions for some good information on making your decisions regarding spring ski touring/activities.

Field teams are no longer forecasting in the field at this time and observations are limited to reports from the public and travel in the region. Noteable events will be posted to the MIN as well as mentioned on @kananaskissafety on instagram.

The snowpack is steadily transitioning to a Spring snowpack.

Warm temperatures over the past few days have eliminated much of the potential for dry snow throughout the region. The snowpack has now become more of a settled springtime snowpack having been through many freeze thaw cycles.

In many lower elevation areas, what snowpack there was has now almost disappeared. The exception would be along the Spray Lakes road.

Timing is everything. As surface crusts break down during the day the avalanche hazard will begin to increase. Start early and finish early.

Before you head out into the mountains be sure to make a thorough assessment of the weather. Critical things to evaluate are daytime highs, precipitation, freezing levels and cloud cover. All of these elements will affect spring time avalanche conditions. If there is still snow on the ground, there is still potential for avalanches to occur.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.