Bulletin d’avalanche

Kananaskis

Jan 28 – 29, 2013Alberta Parks
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Danger d’avalanche

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

Not a lot of good news over the next couple of days.  Only a few cm's of new snow forecast and a cold front will cause temps to drop into the -20 range so we can look forward to continued weakening of the midpack.  Watch for soft slabs.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    2–4
    30-40cm thick hard windslabs are being encountered on north to southeast aspects at treeline and above. Expect wide propagations due to the hard nature of these slabs.

  • Storm Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Likely - Very Likely
    Taille
    1–3

Confidence

Good

Weather Forecast

Increasing cloud cover later Monday into Tuesday with some very light flurries in the forecast that will likely only total a few cm's.  An arctic cold front will slip into the area on Tuesday dropping temps into the -20 range .  Some gusty NE winds Monday night swapping to more W / NW  on Tuesday.

Avalanche Summary

No new observed or reported on Monday.

Snowpack Summary

Little change again over past 24 hours with only trace amounts of new snow falling in valley bottoms and 1-2 cm at treeline. Light to moderate westerly winds continuing to stiffen windslabs on immediate lees slopes and in gully features.   

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