Bollettino valanghe

South Rockies

Nov 24 – 25, 2012Avalanche Canada
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Pericolo valanghe

Mon
Tue
Alta quota
Senza grado
Limite del bosco
Senza grado
Sotto il limite
Senza grado
Apri la mappa completa

In sintesi

This bulletin is based on limited data. Local variations in conditions are likely to exist. Check out the Forecaster Blog for further details on interpreting early season bulletins.

Problemi valanghivi

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Likely - Very Likely
    Dimensione
    1–4
    Wind slab instabilities exist and may be touchy to rider triggers. Wind slabs can be found on lee slopes and behind terrain features. Storm slab instabilities may still exist on all aspects, and require a couple of days to settle out.

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Possible
    Dimensione
    1–5
    The early Nov. crust is buried down approximately 80 cm of snow near the base of the snowpack. It is a suspect sliding layer that may have caused large avalanches recently. The weight of a skier or sled may be able to trigger this slab.

Weather Forecast

The weather is doing a shift from a fairly active pattern to a more benign pattern through the forecast period. A cooler, dryer NW flow will be entering the mountains with patches of lower level clouds and sunny periods in the alpine. Freezing levels will stay near valley bottom, rising to 1200 m in the afternoons. Ridgetop winds will moderate be light from the NW, switching to a Westerly flow on Tuesday.

Avalanche Summary

No current avalanche observations have been submitted. If you and your friends have been out exploring and riding in the backcountry, and have some observations to share please send us an email to [email protected].

Confidence

Poor - Due to limited field observations for the entire period

Snowpack Summary

In the alpine I suspect 100 + cm of snow, and treeline seeing an average around 90 cm. Storms slabs and wind slabs likely exist in alpine and treeline elevations. An early season (Nov 8) rain crust has been reported to exist around 2000 m and above on NW-NE aspects. I have no further information in regards to this crust, how deep its buried or reactive it may be. I do know that it has been a reactive sliding layer in other regions to the North, which makes me suspect this could be a problem also in the South Rockies. In the alpine I suspect 100 + cm of snow, and treeline seeing an average around 90 cm. Below treeline snow levels may just be reaching threshold.

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