Bollettino valanghe

Kananaskis

Mar 16 – 17, 2017Alberta Parks
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Pericolo valanghe

Sat
Sun
Alta quota
4 · Forte
Limite del bosco
4 · Forte
Sotto il limite
3 · Marcato
Apri la mappa completa

In sintesi

It is recommended to avoid all avalanche terrain for the time being. This includes the below treeline runout zones of avalanche paths.

Problemi valanghivi

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Very Likely
    Dimensione
    2–3
    Wind slabs are widespread in Alpine and Treeline terrain on all aspects. Depending on the area, there may be multiple buried slabs.

  • Deep Persistent Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Likely
    Dimensione
    2–4
    Any avalanche initiated in the upper snowpack could step down to the weak basal layers resulting in a very large avalanche. Last night's snow added a significant load to this layer.

Confidence

-

Weather Forecast

Winds will pick up tonight to the 40km/hr range. Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy with flurries. The winds will calm down to 25km/hr. High temp of -6 at treeline with a freezing level at valley bottom. Saturday we are expecting another 25-40 cm of snow with winds upward of 100km/hr!!

Avalanche Summary

Several new (past 12hour) storm snow avalanches were noted today. They were widespread at treeline and alpine and were up to sz3. Yesterday's action was also impressive with many large avalanches starting in the alpine and running full path. Every avalanche involved the deeper, basal layers.

Snowpack Summary

20-30cm of new snow in the last 48hrs. This snow came in quickly and came to rest on rain soaked snow at low elevations and a warm snowpack at higher elevations. This made for an immediate storm slab that was touchy and widespread. Today, that slab has settled and become less reactive. The other chapter to the story is the rapid loading from the new snow. The snowpack was forced to adjust quickly which created another avalanche cycle at treeline and above. The deeper trouble layers are not taking to this adjustment well. The natural cycle is tapering, but the snowpack is still extremely touchy. Winds are picking up today which is adding to the wind slabs and cornice development.

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