Bulletin d’avalanche

Jasper

Apr 6 – 7, 2018Parks Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Sun
Mon
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
2 · Modéré
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New snow available for transport may be enough to overload existing and lingering instabilities. Read, and share conditions in the region. Write a trip report about your day on Avalanche Canada's Mountain Information Network

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    1–2
    New moist snow available for transport with incoming flurries. This will build on surface layers and may be enough to overload existing and lingering instabilities.

  • Cornices

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    1–2
    Cornices continue to grow with fresh snow and wind. Several failures were noted in the past week, in most cases triggering a slab below.

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1.5–3
    Persistent slabs sit on facets on polar aspects (more reactive recently), and a hard melt-freeze crust on solar aspects. Use a cautious approach in open terrain and assess the bond at these interfaces carefully before committing to a slope.

Weather Forecast

Arctic air remained entrenched over the Prairies for Friday. Light winds shifting to the SW have brought a warmer, moist air mass into the bulletin region. Saturday morning is forecasted for some light flurries with total snowfall of 6cm for the day. Freezing level rising to 2300m and seasonally warm temps; alpine temp 1c.

Snowpack Summary

Recent snow has been blown in to an isolated wind slab up to 30cm thick. This has added to the previous slab sitting on a sun-crust on solar aspects and facets on polar aspects - these are now buried as deep as 60cm. Underneath the variable slab in the upper snowpack, as well as in shallow areas, the snowpack is generally facetted and weak.

Avalanche Summary

Read, and share conditions in the region. Write a trip report on your day on Avalanche Canada's Mountain Information NetworkActive cornice failures reported earlier in the week have triggered persistent slabs below ridge-tops. Good travel and riding conditions through the bulletin region.

Confidence

Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain on Saturday

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