Kananaskis

Looks like we have a drastic weather change in our future. Watch weather forecasts carefully to help judge the timing and intensity of the incoming weather.

Nothing new today.

Winds have created small isolated windslabs that do not extend far downslope along ridgelines that are overlying a thin melt freeze crust. The snowpack is mainly facetted but generally well settled. Widespread hard windslabs can be found in most open areas at treeline and above. These slabs are stubborn to trigger but if you are in steep thin terrain, you may be able to find a pocket that is reactive.

Morning low of about -8, with a daytime high of -5. Looks like flurries will carry on throughout the entire day, but amounts will only add up to a few centimeters. Winds will be light from the SW.

The week end will be the start of the cold weather. As the cold air comes in, we are expecting some snow, how much will remain to be seen. Right now up to 14cm, but that could go either way.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for areas of hard wind slab on alpine features.