Bulletin d’avalanche

Waterton Lakes

Jan 15 – 18, 2026Avalanche Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Sat
Sun
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
1 · Faible
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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A surface crust will begin to form as the temperature drops, making travel more difficult.

Steep solar slopes may become moist and produce wet loose avalanches during the day on Saturday.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

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

  • Loose Wet

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Possible
    Taille
    1–1.5

    Mostly likely to occur on steep solar slopes on Saturday where surface snow becomes moist.

Confidence

Moderate

  • Uncertainty is due to difficult to forecast freezing levels.

Avalanche Summary

Numerous natural wet loose avalanches were observed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

View this MIN report for more details.

Snowpack Summary

Surface snow at all elevations has become moist and is now refreezing into a crust.

The mid pack consists of settled snow, with the late December crust down 65-90 cm deep.

The lower snowpack is refrozen rain effected layers, which are still moist at ground in places.

Weather Summary

Thurs

Sunny with cloudy periods. Alpine High -1 °C. Light ridge wind gusting to 30 km/h. Freezing level is 1800 m.

Fri

Sunny. Alpine Low -8 °C, High -2 °C. Light ridge wind gusting to 40 km/h. Freezing level at valley bottom.

Sat

Sunny. Alpine Low -3 °C, High -1 °C. Ridge wind SW 10-20 km/h. Temperature inversion in the alpine.

Current weather forecast: Mountain Weather Forecast

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • The more the snowpack warms up and weakens, the more conservative your terrain selection should be.

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