Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Feb 12 – 14, 2024Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Wed
Thu
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
1 · Faible
Sous la limite
1 · Faible

Points saillants

About 10 cm of snow overnight will help freshen up the skiing a bit. Freshly formed windslabs may now be covered, use caution when entering terrain where a windslab may exist.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

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

    Some recent winds have likely created some isolated wind slabs where you do not normally find them(reverse loading).

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1.5–2.5

    This will still be an issue in areas that escaped the heat, as there is no previous crust to hold the snowpack together.

Confidence

High

Avalanche Summary

No field teams today, and no reports.

Snowpack Summary

The recent storm snow is settling and now averages 10 to 20cm over the Feb 3 crust. This crust is anywhere from 0.5cm to 5cm thick up to 2500m and is on the thinner side on North aspects. Natural sluffing has subsided but can still gain momentum with skier traffic on steeper slopes. Some wind slab development in the alpine has been reported. Ski quality is dust on crust in the alpine. The depth of the snowpack still varies from 70-130cm.

Weather Summary

Moderate W-NW winds in the spray valley on Monday. Monday morning also showed up to 12cm of new snow overnight at the Burstall pass weather station.

Tuesday should bring partially sunny skies and a couple flurries. A day time high of -15. Winds will swap slightly to NE at 30km/h.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Avoid areas with a thin or variable snowpack.
  • Be carefull with sluffing in steep terrain, especially above cliffs and terrain traps.
  • Back off if you encounter whumpfing, hollow sounds, or shooting cracks.

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