Bulletin d’avalanche

Jasper

Dec 16 – 17, 2012Parks Canada
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Danger d’avalanche

Sun
Mon
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
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Points saillants

Good skiing can be found in sheltered glades around treeline.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    1–3
    Pockets of wind slabs that vary in hardness are present on all open lee slopes. No new avalanches have been observed and field tests show that these slabs have bonded well in most locations.

  • Deep Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely - Possible
    Taille
    2–3
    Cornice failures have triggered this weakness on SE to NE aspects in the alpine.

Weather Forecast

Predominantly light to moderate SW winds with snow flurries that will produce minimal accumulations.  Monday will have a slight warming trend with light winds coming from the South to Southeast.

Snowpack Summary

There is great variation in depth and location of the wind slabs. They continue to build and harden from gusting moderate to strong SW winds.�These slabs appear to have bonded well.� In windswept areas in the alpine and at tree line, the November rain crust has been exposed along with dirt and rocks.� Cornices are well developed.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches have been observed or reported since the end the cycle that ended on Monday.� In that cycle, slab avalanches to size 3 were observed on NE aspects at alpine and tree line elevations, several stepped down to the basal facet layer.� Large cornice failure triggered large avalanches on the basal facet layer as well.

Confidence

Due to the number and quality of field observations

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