Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Jan 30 – 31, 2019Alberta Parks
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Danger d’avalanche

Fri
Sat
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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Points saillants

Sheltered areas will provide the best skiing.  Avoid thine areas as these are likely spots for triggering an avalanche.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    1–2
    Isolated pockets of thin wind slabs can be found in the Alpine. Watch for these in the typical lee and cross-loaded features, but be aware of the possibility of "reverse wind-loaded" features due to the persistent NW winds.

  • Deep Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    1.5–3
    Respecting shallow areas can't be overstated right now. If this layer fails, it will almost certainly be from a shallow area and the resulting avalanche will likely be very large. Bouldery areas and sparse trees are examples of trouble spots.

Confidence

Moderate - Timing of incoming weather systems is uncertain

Weather Forecast

Thursday is forecast to bring mostly cloudy skies with a chance of flurries. Temperatures until the weekend are forecast for daytime highs of -5c and overnight lows of -9c. 70-100km/hr winds out of the SW are also forecast from now until the weekend. The weather models are in agreement that snow is on its way but the timing and amounts are still uncertain. Some models show the snow starting as early as Friday. Stay tune as the weekend approaches!!!!

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed or reported today.

Snowpack Summary

10cm of low density snow overlies mostly a well settled upper snow pack. In sheltered areas, the January 17 surface hoar can be found down 20cm and is on our radar if a slab develops overtop of it. The upper snow pack is sitting on top of 40-60cm of weak basal facets. In higher snow pack areas, there is more bridging with the basal facets and in thinner snow pack areas, the basal facets are more reactive to testing. The bottom line is that the thinner spots can be more easily triggered and if there is a slide on this layer, it will most likely propagate and go to ground.

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