Avalanche control plannedon Hwy 93N on Friday between Parkers summer and Big Bend, follow AB 511 for up to date information. The Icefields region remains wintery and good travel and riding can be found, mostly in sheltered areas.
Significant snow is available for transport at all elevations, additional inputs forecasted. Expect wind slabs to be reactive to human triggering.
Solar input may trigger loose dry slides within new snow.
Isolated large events continue to sporadically happen. Keep in mind the overhead exposure these slides my pose to lower elevation.
Thursday night: Cloudy with clear periods and isolated flurries.Trace. Low -11 °C.Friday: Flurries. Accumulation: 6 cm. Alpine temperature: High -7 °C. Ridge wind southwest: 20 km/h gusting to 50 km/h. Freezing level at valley bottom. Saturday: Scattered flurries. Risk of a thundershower. Accumulation: 4 cm. Low -12 °C, High -9 °C.
Up to 25cm of new snow with light winds. Snowpack shows strength and bonding in field tests; recurring instabilities are found close to surface. We are most concerned about potential to trigger deeper, persistent slabs (Fc, DH), especially as the snowpack changes with typical spring inputs (rain, sun, wet snow).
A road patrol south today noted numerous loose dry avalanches. Most importantly, our field teams have observed few large slides running within deeper instabilities. One large slide of size 3 was observed today in Churchill slide path, a popular ski destination to many.
