Bollettino valanghe

Kananaskis

Mar 9 – 11, 2026Avalanche Canada
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Pericolo valanghe

Wed
Thu
Alta quota
3 · Marcato
Limite del bosco
3 · Marcato
Sotto il limite
2 · Moderato
Apri la mappa completa

In sintesi

Colder temps and a mix of sun and cloud for Tuesday, conditions are prime for human triggering, exercise caution and practice conservative route finding if in avalanche terrain.

Problemi valanghivi

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Very Likely
    Dimensione
    1.5–2.5

    Fresh wind slabs now have buried old wind slabs, caution wind loaded slopes and cross loaded features.

  • Loose Dry

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Very Likely
    Dimensione
    1–1.5

    Expect sloughing off steep alpine features

Confidence

Avalanche Summary

Several new natural slab avalanches throughout the spray valley observed up to Size 2.5.

Snowpack Summary

Saturday/Sundays storm has changed the snowpack a fair bit. Wet snow/rain was dominant on Saturday and Sunday. Things slowly cooled off by mid day Sunday and turned to snow. Forecasters out in the black prince zone today found minimal new snow at valley bottom and up to 40cm at 2350m. There is a melt freeze crust up to this elevation and a suncrust above on solar aspects. Below this sits the Feb 14th crust approx down 80cm.

Weather Summary

Tuesday weather:

A mix of sun and cloud. Day time high of -15 with 30 km/h West winds

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Expect slab conditions to change drastically as you move into wind-exposed terrain.
  • Avoid steep terrain, including convex rolls, or areas with a thin, rocky, or variable snowpack.

Regioni coperte