Jasper

Cool overnight temperatures on Friday will create a hard crust up to 2500m. This cooling trend will lower the hazard rating and make travel easier but the ski quality will remain poor.

Natural avalanche activity tapered off with no new avalanche activity observed on the Icefields Parkway or Maligne Lake road today.

Previous widespread avalanche activity over the past week produced numerous natural avalanches at all elevations. This included some impressive avalanches up to size 3.5 at higher elevations, as well as loose wet up to size 2.

Previous high freezing levels, rain, and solar radiation has formed a surface crust up to 2500m. Cooling temperatures will solidify this crust but at least it will become supportive to ski traffic.

Previous Strong S and SW winds have scoured the alpine leaving behind isolated pockets of wind slab in leeward terrain

Persistent weak layers formed in early January are down 20-30cm in sheltered areas. Well developed facets and depth hoar make up the bottom of the snowpack.

The Mountain Weather Forecast is available at Avalanche Canada https://avalanche.ca/weather/forecast

Saturday Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries. Trace precipitation. Alpine High -4 °C. Light ridge wind. Freezing level 1900m

Sunday Scattered flurries. Accumulation 2-4 cm. Ridge wind 15 km/h. Freezing level 1600

Monday Cloudy with sunny periods. Light ridge wind. Freezing level valley bottom

• Make conservative terrain choices and avoid overhead hazard.
• Stick to non-avalanche terrain or small features with limited consequence.