Banff Yoho Kootenay

Problèmes avalancheux

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  Wind Slabs

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Possible - Likely

  Taille

  1–2

  Again the weather models are predicting 10-20 cm new snow West of the Divide and in the Northern part of our forecast region. This snow comes with strong west winds as a cold front pushes south overnight. Expect to find new slabs on lee feautres.
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  Deep Persistent Slabs

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Possible

  Taille

  2–3

  In many areas the hard wind slab on wind loaded features is bridging the weak facets and depth hoar at the base. There is still a possibility of human triggering a large full depth avalanche on any steep slope.