Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Nov 19 – 20, 2018Alberta Parks
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Danger d’avalanche

Wed
Thu
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
1 · Faible
Sous la limite
Sans niveau
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Points saillants

Ice climbers be aware of exposure to solar aspects with sunny skies and warmer weather on its way.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1–2
    Recent snow and wind have created wind slabs. Expect them near ridge lines, lee features and cross loaded gullies.

  • Deep Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1–2.5
    This crust is mostly found on or near the ground.

Confidence

Moderate - Due to the number and quality of field observations

Weather Forecast

Looking like sunny skies and warmer temperatures for the remainder of the week.  Tuesday is forecast to bring alpine temperatures of -4c with light westerly winds.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches have been observed.

Snowpack Summary

The recent storm snow (up to 30cm) is settling and starting to see surface hoar crystals growing.  In alpine areas, wind slabs up to 15cm thick are predominant in lee features and cross loaded gullies. There are two crusts in the snowpack to be aware and curious about. The Oct 26th crust 10cm off the ground and the Nov 4th crust 40-50cm off the ground. These crusts are being found on all aspects but limited field observations so far this season has us still figuring out the elevation that it extends up to.

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