Kananaskis

Cold, clear & beautiful! Getting through the cold valley bottoms to a sunny aspect is a great way to enjoy the cool weather.

No road patrol or field teams today. No avalanches reported.

Where to start? Valley bottom has 50-60cm of weak, loose facets with a thinly buried sun crust from days past. Treeline is a bit more substantial with a supportive snowpack of 80-100cm. The sun crust goes up to 2300-2400m. Windslabs start to appear at upper treeline, which may become more reactive with the chilly temperatures. The majority of our alpine snowpack blew away weeks ago, but we still have windslabs on east aspects, gullies and immediate lee areas.

Monday will bring a mix of sun and cloud. Day time highs of -10 and winds out of the West, 30 km/h at ridge top. Expect an alpine temperature inversion.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.