Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Mar 9 – 10, 2017Alberta Parks

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Danger d’avalanche

Fri

Sat

Alpin

3 · Marqué

Limite forestière

3 · Marqué

Sous la limite

2 · Modéré

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Points saillants

There are many features in the alpine such as cross loaded gullies and lee features that are primed for human triggering.

Problèmes avalancheux

Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpin
Limite forestière
Sous la limite forestière
Probabilité
Likely
Taille
2–3
Lee and cross loaded features are especially loaded and look primed for human triggering.
Cornices
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpin
Limite forestière
Sous la limite forestière
Probabilité
Likely
Taille
2–3
Several cornice failures over the past week have triggered deep and large avalanches.
Deep Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpin
Limite forestière
Sous la limite forestière
Probabilité
Possible
Taille
2–3
An avalanche initiated in the upper snowpack could step down to a deeper weak layer.

Confidence

Weather Forecast

Friday will see 6cm of snow with a high temperature in the alpine of -6c. West ridge winds of 25km/hr with gusts to 50km/hr. Freezing level of 1700m for Friday.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed.

Snowpack Summary

Wind effected snow in the alpine. Cornices are large and if they fail, they can wake up the deeper layers. The weakest part of the snowpack is still the basal facets and depth hoar.

Régions couvertes

Kananaskis