Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Dec 8 – 9, 2019Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Tue
Wed
Alpin
3 · Marqué
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
Sans niveau
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Points saillants

Warm temps, ongoing wind and flurries are creating new slabs as we speak. Make frequent observations to help paint a complete picture of the snowpack's character.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1–2

    This includes buried slabs and surface slabs.

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1.5–2.5

    Today was the first avalanche observation involving this layer. Put it back on your radar for thing to inspect in the snow.

Confidence

High -

Weather Forecast

Another 5-8 cm is expected tonight. Unfortunately the cold will make a come back with morning lows somewhere around -20. Winds will be light out of the SW

Avalanche Summary

Snowpack Summary

The Oct and Nov crusts were very apparent in today's field trip. Both layers were ice and buried about 40cm. This area was likely an anomaly during the warm spell, so expect the crust character to be very different elsewhere. In some areas the crusts have completely faceted out. Wind effect is apparent in any open area with soft windslabs being widespread. The snowpack had a distinct "punchy" or "cakey" feeling to it today. Travel is tedious and difficult up to about 2000m.  

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