Bulletin d’avalanche

Waterton Lakes

Mar 4 – 7, 2023Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Sun
Mon
Alpin
3 · Marqué
Limite forestière
3 · Marqué
Sous la limite
2 · Modéré
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Points saillants

Carefully assess storm snow amounts while traveling. Recent convective flurries may have deposited deeper amounts in some areas.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Storm Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Likely
    Taille
    1–2

    May behave as a dry loose problem in steep sheltered areas.

Confidence

Low

Avalanche Summary

No new natural avalanches observed

Snowpack Summary

Up to 20cm of new snow from the last three days sits on a variety of wind affected surfaces including hard windslab and sastrugi. The January melt freeze crust is now buried 50-100cm. Alpine and Treeline midpack is well settled and overlies basal facets and depth hoar. Below treeline, the Jan Crust overlies facets and depth hoar to ground.

Weather Summary

Saturday

Broken clouds and light flurries. Alpine high of -10 with light SW winds.

Sunday

Temps fall to -15 in the alpine with moderate SE winds. Overcast skies and chance of a few flurries.

Monday

Overcast skies and chance of a few flurries. Alpine high of -10 with light S winds.

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