Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Unlikely - Possible
- Taille
- 1–1.5
Be mindful of the change in wind direction on tuesday night.
Bulletin d’avalanche
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Mar 25 – 28, 2019Parks Canada
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Danger d’avalanche
Wed
Thu
Alpin
2 · Modéré
Limite forestière
2 · Modéré
Sous la limite
2 · Modéré
Points saillants
Snowpack structure varies greatly with aspect, elevation, and time of day.
Problèmes avalancheux
Loose Wet
NNEESESSWWNW- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Unlikely - Possible
- Taille
- 1–2
Primarily a Tuesday concern.
Deep Persistent Slabs
NNEESESSWWNW- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1.5–3
There remains a concern for deep weak layers in thin snowpack areas. Warm temperatures and solar radiation have the potential to wake them up.
Weather Forecast
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny. Freezing Level 1900m. West wind 30km/h gusting 70.Wednesday: Cloud. Freezing Level 1700m. NE Wind 25-45 km/h.Thursday: Cloudy with sunny peroids. Freezing Level 1600m. East Wind 15-40km/h.
Snowpack Summary
Snowpack structure varies greatly with aspect, elevation and time of day. We received 2-5 mm of precipitation over the weekend with a 1600m freezing level. New snow sits over a 4cm melt freeze crust on solar aspects above 1700m. Pockets of dry snow over windslab still exist on north aspects above TL. Midpack is strong above 1700m & Isothermic BTL.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche activity last 48h. A widespread, loose wet avalanche cycle during last weeks tropical heat has filled many avalanche paths with debris.