Watch for unstable snow on extreme steep alpine terrain. Low Danger indicates natural and human triggered avalanches are unlikely but not impossible. Small avalanches in extreme terrain can have calamitous consequences. A Special Weather Statement for Jasper could bring 10-30cm of snow Monday to Wednesday but looks unlikely.
The wind slab problem distribution is spotty. The sensitivity varies depending on where the higher amounts of snow has accumulated
No patrol occurred Saturday or Sunday. Friday's patrol did not observe anything new and nothing observed for a week.
5-15 cm of soft snow in sheltered locations or wind impacted surfaces overly various old surfaces such as melt freeze crusts or older wind affected snow. A thin surface hoar is buried down 5- 15 cm and is very patchy in its distribution. The rest of the snowpack is generally dense and well consolidated.
Monday to Thursday will be sun, flurries, trace of new snow, light winds, -8 to -26 °C. Thursday will be a high of -15 °C. Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for Central to Southern Alberta including Jasper with 10-20cm expected and possibly 30cm locally Monday through Wednesday. Our models show us on the fringe of this active weather with only 2-5cm.
