Bollettino valanghe

Waterton Lakes

Mar 12 – 15, 2016Parks Canada
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Archiviato · scaduto 11 years ago

Pericolo valanghe

Sat
Mon
Alta quota
3 · Marcato
Limite del bosco
3 · Marcato
Sotto il limite
1 · Debole
Apri la mappa completa

In sintesi

Winter returns at upper elevations, time to get back in the mind set of choosing terrain carefully. JH

Problemi valanghivi

  • Cornices

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Possible
    Dimensione
    1–2
    Expect ongoing cornice development with warm temperatures and snowfall at the start of the weekend.  These may become brittle as temperatures cool.

  • Storm Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Possible - Likely
    Dimensione
    1–2
    Snow showers through the weekend will continue to add to the load on the early March crust.  With this crust as a potential weak interface these storm slabs may be slow to strengthen.

  • Loose Wet

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

Weather Forecast

Saturday: A cold front passes over the area giving; moderate to strong SW wind; 10-15 cm of snow, and freezing levels spiking to TL as the front approaches then dropping to valley bottom.Sunday-Monday: Unstable air in the wake of the front will give ongoing cool temps, cloudy skies and flurries. Accumulations of up to 10cm are forecast.

Snowpack Summary

Thursdays heavy snowfall and strong SW winds built storm slabs up to 40cm deep over the early March rain crust (present on all aspects into the lower alpine), these remained sensitive to human triggering Friday. The mid and lower snowpack is generally well consolidated, and is made up of a series of crusts at lower elevations and on solar aspects.

Avalanche Summary

Numerous naturally triggered small to large storm slab avalanches occurred on N-E (lee) aspects during Thursdays storm. Ski cutting in a steep lee at treeline produced a small (size 1.5) storm slab avalanche on Friday, this was observed to have run on the early March crust.

Confidence

Forecast snowfall amounts are uncertain

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