Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Jan 6 – 7, 2016Alberta Parks
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Danger d’avalanche

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

A few cm of new snow is forecast to fall overnight but not enough to cause a big change to the overall avalanche danger.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1–3
    Windslabs in Alpine terrain that may be able to be triggerred by a skier.

Confidence

High

Weather Forecast

A few cms of new snow is forecast to fall over the next 24hrs.  Snow totals will be around 5-8cm.  We need a bit more than that for a full reset of the snowpack!  Winds will be light and variable with temperatures in the alpine of -12C

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches were noted today/ 

Snowpack Summary

Wind affect in alpine areas is becomming more widespread by the day.  Expect to encounter a temperature crust on steep solar aspects above 2000m up to 2600m.  Below 2000m there is a widespread layer of surface hoar that may be of concern when the next snowfalls arrive.  This snowpack areas are weak and facetted with ski penetrations to ground. 

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