Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Mar 23 – 24, 2019Alberta Parks
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Danger d’avalanche

Mon
Tue
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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Points saillants

Cooling temps will help lock in the snowpack tomorrow. We are expecting a dusting of snow tonight. We'll see if its enough to get good dust on crust skiing.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Likely
    Taille
    1–2
    These are lingering on true north aspects at the moment. If we do get snow tonight/tomorrow, expect fresh windslabs. They'll be small, but sitting on a slippery crust.

  • Deep Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    2–3
    Despite the cooling. this is still on our minds. By day 2 of the cooling we'll become more comfortable with this layer, but for now its still on the radar.

Confidence

High -

Weather Forecast

Cooler temps and cloud cover tomorrow, and even a chance of some light snow. The daytime high will be just below 0C with the freezing level at 1800m. A short bit of snow is expected to come through tonight, but only leave 6cm. Alpine winds will be moderate from the SE.

Avalanche Summary

Nothing new today.

Snowpack Summary

Valley bottom snow tends to be refrozen, isothermic snow up to 2300m, all aspects. Above that, the true north aspects have dry snow and crusts on the remaining aspects. Windslabs are still present in north facing alpine terrain.

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