Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Possible
- Dimensione
- 1–2
Bollettino valanghe
Vedi sulla mappaWaterton Lakes
Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2016Parks Canada
Archiviato · scaduto 11 years ago
Pericolo valanghe
Sat
Sun
Alta quota
3 · Marcato
Limite del bosco
3 · Marcato
Sotto il limite
1 · Debole
In sintesi
Last weeks Chinooks decimated the snowpack in much of our forecast area. The new snow is being accompanied by strong westerly winds, but should provide for some good skiing in sheltered areas near the divide.
Problemi valanghivi
Persistent Slabs
NNEESESSWWNW- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Unlikely
- Dimensione
- 1–3
Deep Persistent Slabs
NNEESESSWWNW- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Unlikely
- Dimensione
- 1–3
Weather Forecast
A couple of weak fronts (warm followed by cold) will bring snowfall of up to 10cm Friday night into Saturday morning accompanied by cooling temperatures. Unsettled conditions will persist through the weekend in the wake of these fronts, with cloudy skies, cool temps, variable light to moderate winds and scattered flurries through Monday.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 12mm of precip fell Thursday, accompanied by freezing levels dropping from 2200m to valley bottom and strong westerly winds. This over firm surfaces previously affected by Strong to Extreme Chinook winds and warm temperatures. Two PWLs linger as a concern; a layer of crust or surface hoar down 40-70cm, and a crust facet layer down 70-120cm.
Avalanche Summary
Several loose wet avalanches up to size 1.5 were observed on Thursday below 2200m. An isolated size 2.0 natural slab avalanche (likely a fresh windslab) was observed Friday morning from a steep Easterly alpine slope. Neighboring ski operations have reported isolated large deep persistent slab avalanches failing on the Dec. 9th crust recently.