Waterton Lakes

High winds will lead to loading in unusual areas, be on the lookout for loading lower than usual in the start zones.

A series storms currently affecting the south coast will push their way inland to varying degrees, bringing light to moderate snowfall/rain, with freezing levels rising through the weekend to as high as 1700m.  This will be accompanied by continued strong south westerly winds.

2 cm of new snow mixed with periods of rain has moistened the snowpack at little prairie (1650m). We suspect up to 10 cm has fallen in the alpine. Moderate to strong south west winds at ridgetop are building fresh windslabs in sheltered lee locations and scouring exposed areas back down to the November 17th melt freeze crust.

No new avalanche activity has been observed or reported.

Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain