Akamina
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Cornices.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Cornices, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 5th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 3rd, 2025Middle Kootenay Peak
<p>-3 at the car at 0700. Chinook winds increased to ~70km/h at ridgetop with some ongoing transport of what little powder remains on westerly slopes. The alpine was predominated by bulletproof crusts and soft/hard wind slabs that seemed generally unreactive. The sun had a bit less kick than expected and mashed potatoes stayed below 1900m even on solar aspects. Cornices are large to very large, and some are in the process of failing. A couple recent failures failed to step down on steep E aspects. Overall a beautiful day.</p>
Steven Noël,
Thursday 6th April, 2023 5:50PM
Forum ridge
kyle.saganiuk,
Saturday 4th March, 2023 7:00PM
Forum Lake
<p>Went to Forum Lake on backcountry cross country ski's. Had lots of wind and light snow. Snow conditions ranged from powder to wind affected snow. No signs of instability. Even had some nice skiing in between the trees.</p>
annik.olbrechts,
Sunday 19th February, 2023 5:20PM
North slopes below Forum Lake, Waterton
<p>As the wardens suggested, great skiing in 15-20 cm of fresh powder in sheltered north facing slopes. An ECT at 1950m on a North Facing slope (snow depth 195 cm, 18 degree angle) produced ECTN24 (no propagation; non planar) on one of the hard January layers (with some facets above and below layer). </p>
Brad Hagen,
Saturday 18th February, 2023 8:30PM
North Side of Forum Ridge
<p>Great fun skiing on 30-40 cm of soft powder on North Facing Slopes of Forum Ridge just East of the Forum Ranger Station (below Forum Lake). As long as we stuck to North Facing slopes and didn't head up too high (we stayed below 2000m), we seemed to avoid any issues with wind crusts. </p>
Brad Hagen,
Friday 10th February, 2023 7:50PM
Untracked dry snow, but whumpfing
<p>Exploring above (south of) Wall L trail starting near creek crossing. 1-2C. Breaking trail. Snow noticeably drier here than E of Forum L junction. Ascended quickly, 3rd whumpf made it abundantly clear that we shouldn’t be up here without proper avvie gear. U-turned back down, super fun through the trees. Descent from Akamina Pass through trees twd Cameron L also fun, but more mash-potatoey here, and gusty S wind at Cameron L.</p>
jeffstransky,
Saturday 4th February, 2023 9:30PM
Forum Ridge (Waterton) ski conditions
<p>2 days of skiing on Forum Ridge. We skied various north facing aspects on Forum Ridge and below Forum Lake, and found 10 cm of light fluffy powder and really nice skiing. Anything other than north-facing slopes had bad sun and wind crusts. The north aspects didn't get much sun so temps were a little cooler (-10 without wind chill). </p>
Brad Hagen,
Wednesday 11th January, 2023 7:50PM
Forum Lake Basin
<p>Despite the wind, had a great day looking for turns below the Forum Lake/Wall Lake Saddle, and on the North Side of Forum Ridge. Turns and touring were surprisingly good. Snow depth 0.8 meter at the border between the burn/intact trees on the north side of Forum Ridge, and 1.8 meters at 2134m below Forum/Wall Lake Saddle. Did test Extended Column Test at 2134 meter on North facing slope at 30 degrees angle with no resulting propagation: ECT-X (30). </p>
Brad Hagen,
Saturday 10th December, 2022 9:30PM
forum ridge
<p>15cm fresh powder on top of 20cm soft-ish storm snow. storm snow failed at ect10. riding was awesome. hit sharks from top to bottom but stellar conditions for early dec. one big whumpf on the skin track up on a steep side hill. </p>
colesecretan,
Friday 9th December, 2022 6:20PM