Bulletin d’avalanche

Jasper

Mar 28 – 29, 2018Parks Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Fri
Sat
Alpin
3 · Marqué
Limite forestière
3 · Marqué
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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Points saillants

The Icefields Parkway is planned to be closed at 2pm Thursday for avalanche control from Athabasca Falls to Saskatchewan crossing. Please plan accordingly.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible - Likely
    Taille
    1–2.5
    Wind slabs sit on a hard melt-freeze crust on solar aspects, and facets on polar aspects. Assess the bond at these interfaces carefully before committing to any avalanche zones.

Weather Forecast

Thursday will be cloudy and flurries, 5cm of snow, High of -6 and 15-40km/hr SW winds. Friday will be 12cm of snow, -18 to -6 degress Celsius, and light to 45km/hr West winds. Saturday will be sun and cloud, no precipitation, Alpine temperature Low -20 C, High -8 C, light ridge wind.

Snowpack Summary

Wind slabs and extensive wind effect is found in open areas. The upper snowpack is a windslab up to 50cm thick that sits on a sun-crust on solar aspects and facets on polar aspects. In many location the snowpack is facetted yet switching to spring snowpack conditions slowly.

Avalanche Summary

Wednesday's road patrol noted one size 3 noted in Maligne area, likely 3+ days old. Icefield's area noted one size 3 on the Mt Athabasca ramp, and one size 2.5 from a W aspect.

Confidence

Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain on Thursday

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