Jasper

Snowpack information for the high alpine is scarce, take a cautious approach and use a thorough assessment process if you venture into this terrain.

The current ridge of high pressure will hold until late Wednesday when a westerly flow will move in bringing light precip to the forecast region. Ridge winds will stay in the moderate range and treeline temperatures will fluctuate between -8 and 0. Click here for the Avalanche Canada mountain weather forecast.

Strong winds have scoured ridges to bare rock in many places in the alpine. The Oct 25 crust is 2-4cm thick and down 60 to 80cm with facets above and below it. Hard sudden collapse failures have been observed immediately below this crust in test profiles. Early season hazards lurking beneath the shallow snowpack remain a concern.

Dry loose snow avalanches up to size 2 were observed over the weekend from steep solar terrain in the alpine.