Bulletin d’avalanche

Jasper

May 3 – 4, 2013Parks Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

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

Clear skies and intense solar radiation will increase the avalanche danger quickly and dramatically later in the day. Avalanches may occur that run full path down into the trees. Start and finish your trip early. 

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible - Likely
    Taille
    1–3
    40cm of storm snow has fallen since Saturday. West and NW winds have moved this snow onto lee aspects. South facing aspects are particularly likely trigger areas where the bonding of the new snow to the old melt freeze crust is weakest.

  • Cornices

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    2–3
    Large cornices are looming. On failure, deep releases may run far into the valley bottom.

  • Loose Wet

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Likely
    Taille
    1–3
    Warm temperatures and strong solar effect are creating loose wet avalanches with last weekend's storm snow that are picking up mass and traveling far.

Weather Forecast

Saturday may see some broken clouds as the skies continue to clear. Sunday and Monday will be sunny with daytime temperatures approaching the low 20s in the valley bottom with freezing levels close to 3000m.  By midweek, the forecast returns to mixed sun and cloud with the occasional bit of precipitation thrown in.

Snowpack Summary

The 40cm of snow that fell last week in the Icefields area has been blown into windslabs below easterly alpine ridgelines.  On Southerly aspects, this new snow is becoming wet and is sliding on the buried suncrust.  Relatively warm overnight temperatures are limiting the development of a supportive crust. 

Avalanche Summary

On Thursday, several loose wet avalanches were reported in the Icefields Area on South facing alpine slopes.  These avalanches involved last week's storm snow and are running far (300 to 400 m). No new avalanches were reported on Friday.

Confidence

Timing or intensity of solar radiation is uncertain on Saturday

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