Banff Yoho Kootenay, Alberta
Narao Trees
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Lake Louise,
17 hours ago
Observation
Very shallow snow pack for this time of year. We battled with lots of brush and thin covered rocks. It was very easy to punch through the new snow and old crust into the 30-50cm of rotten facets. Facets made for soft skiing but made it very easy to sink down to hidden obstacles.
1 photos
Friday January 27th
Avalanche Canada, 20 hours ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Dinosaur Head
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Sunshine,
1 day ago
Observation
In the Dinosaur Head the HS was 80cm. The midpack was pretty weak and you would sink in facet holes occasionally while skinning. Skiing was good but a bit sporty with unsupportive snow and more underbrush and small trees. Snow was moist on the Healy pass trail below 1950m.
2 photos
Thursday January 26th
Avalanche Canada, 1 day ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Sunshine - Goat's eye study plot
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Sunshine,
1 day ago
Observation
Avalanche observation by Parks Canada Visitor Safety, seen near Sunshine, reported on Thu 26th Jan, 2023 11:00AM
1 photos
Oxo/Puzzle Peak Ramp
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
East Side 93N,
2 days ago
Observation
Great day out. Snow conditions were good on the ramp, heavy powder but we had some great fresh lines. No wumphing or shooting cracks seen. Slight Sun affect on the snow as the day got warmer. We rode slopes less than 30 degrees to minimize risk.
4 photos
Wednesday January 25th
Avalanche Canada, 2 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Wednesday January 25th
Avalanche Canada, 2 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Tuesday January 24th
Avalanche Canada, 3 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Hector South Shoulder
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
East Side 93N,
4 days ago
Observation
Went for a nice attempt at the south shoulder - easy bushwhacking to the main drainage but with a pretty thin snowpack and a lot of vegetation to navigate. Once we made it to the drainage, we noticed some minor shooting cracks off the skin track and inconsistent sinking to the faceted layer.
2 photos
Dolomite Traverse
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
East Side 93N,
4 days ago
Observation
1) Saw very recent size 2 natural avalanche. Crown averaging 30cm, wind slab, east aspect. 2) Ski cut size 1.5 wind slab, 30-40cm, north aspect 3) Ski cut size 1.5 wind slab, 40-50cm, east aspect, in gully feature Also saw old slab avalanches coming off the cliffs behind Dolomite.
4 photos
Lake Louise, Fairview North West Aspect
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Lake Louise,
4 days ago
Observation
Avalanche observation by jack.holmes11, seen near Lake Louise, reported on Mon 23rd Jan, 2023 8:30AM
1 photos
Monday January 23rd
Avalanche Canada, 4 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Monday January 23rd
Avalanche Canada, 4 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Chickadee Valley; Is it for the birds?
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Lake Louise,
5 days ago
Observation
Checked out the slide paths in Chickadee Valley, looking for some safe ski lines. We checked out the first slide path which ran circa January 14 (as reported by Francisco in the MCR). It had run mid path to about the middle of the track.
3 photos
Lake Helen & Katherine Area
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
East Side 93N,
5 days ago
Observation
Beautiful day out near Lake Helen. Snow was dust (~10cm) on crust and skied great on mellow lee slopes. Windward slopes were quite bare in the alpine. Snowpack becomes very unsupportive and faceted in the trees, but coverage is improving slowly.
2 photos
Crowfoot Glades
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
West Side 93N,
5 days ago
Observation
Fantastic day to be out. No signs of whumfing or cracking or instability. A couple of times you would break through the crust layer under the powder to the crap underneath but not triggering happened.
1 photos
Little Crowfoot
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
West Side 93N,
5 days ago
Observation
Toured up to Ferris Glacier via bow hut/crowfoot route. Unsurprisingly, highly variable and wind-affected snowpack moving through moraines. Supportive only where wind/rider compression a factor in gullies. Probed 1.6-2m on glacier @ 2750m.
1 photos
Dolomite Shoulder/Puzzle Peak Ramp
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
East Side 93N,
5 days ago
Observation
Toured up Dolomite shoulder and puzzle peak ramp. Noticed a sz1 (seemed remote triggered) on east side of shoulder, crown looked about 60cm. HS 105, ct failed on 14 with sudden collapse down 60cm on facets. Stability seems consistent with reports.
4 photos
Sunday January 22nd
Avalanche Canada, 5 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Sunday January 22nd
Avalanche Canada, 5 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Boom Mountain; Whumpf, there it is…
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Lake Louise,
6 days ago
Observation
Headed up to look at terrain on the East aspect of Boom Mountain with a group from Calgary. On the approach, trail breaking when not on existing skin tracks was heinous with frequent episodes of crashing to ground in weak depth hoar and facets.
Mt Richardson
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
LLSA,
6 days ago
Observation
Natural on Mt Richardson observed from Larch Top.
3 photos
Saturday January 21st
Avalanche Canada, 6 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Saturday January 21st
Avalanche Canada, 6 days ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Wawa Ridge Bowl
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Sunshine,
1 week ago
Observation
Chill tour along wawa ridge. No instabilities to report. a nice layer of snow on top of some hard base. Skied not too bad all considered. Heavily tracked!
Watermelon Peak
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
East Side 93N,
1 week ago
Observation
Had 2 whimpfs on ascent and descent in the alpine, no shooting cracks. Stayed on slopes 25 degrees or less. Dug a pit at 2500 m - height if snow was 90 cm, found Jan 4 surface hoar (3-4 mm) down 10 cm with Compression test broken results.
2 photos
Friday January 20th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Thursday January 19th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Thursday January 19th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Fairview Mountain
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Lake Louise,
1 week ago
Observation
A very weak, thin snowpack with varying stability. Powder snow overlays a 20-40cm melt freeze crust with large facets and depth hoar to ground in most areas. Total height of snow was 50-80cm deep. Many avalanche slopes were not within threshold.
Wednesday January 18th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Wednesday January 18th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Bow Summit Study Plot
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
East Side 93N,
1 week ago
Observation
The first image is the Bow Summit study plot snow profile for January 18, 2023. The second image is a table showing the past 10 years of total snowpack height (HS) at Bow Summit for mid-January. 1. Notice how this is the most shallow year in a decade. 2.
2 photos
Tuesday January 17th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Tuesday January 17th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Little Crowfoot
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
West Side 93N,
1 week ago
Observation
Skied off Little Crowfoot in light powder and good light. HS 120cm on Ferris glacier, bottom half facets, with thick supportive layer above facets roughly 30-40cm, 10cm light powder on top, estimates from probing, didn’t dig into snow. We avoided thin and steep slopes.
1 photos
Monday January 16th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Observations during an AST 1 field day.
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Lake Louise,
1 week ago
Observation
A 24hrs old, Sz 2 from Boom Mt S face down the first main avalanche chute when entering the valley was observed. It ran 1/2 of the path, due to poor visibility we don't have much else to add.
1 photos
Wolverine bowl
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
LLSA,
1 week ago
Observation
We stuck to mellow slopes and would often sink into the snowpack while skiing. We dug a pit, the compression test results were CTM - 11 - SC (down in the facets). Lots of facets and pretty rotten snow.
Sunday January 15th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Sunday January 15th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Little Yoho, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Corral shoulder
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
LLSA,
1 week ago
Observation
While doing AST 1 course we had one whumpf while skiing down. Stuck to very mellow terrain. Had sudden collapse, and no results from compression tests. Snow quality was unsupportive due to deep facets
Crowfoot glades
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
West Side 93N,
1 week ago
Observation
All the ingredients are there, but not enough cohesion in the upper snowpack in many places.
Bow Falls
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
West Side 93N,
1 week ago
Observation
We noticed whumpfing on the approach, most noticeably at the base of the ice, as well as shooting cracks. A cornice was present along the top of the cliff band but not directly above the climb. Ice conditions- first time climbing, seemed fat and air rated in spots, I would say In good condition.
Recent wind slabs
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
West Side 93N,
1 week ago
Observation
Toured onto the Ferris glacier today. Recent southerly winds formed new wind slabs buried by a few cms of HN which were unreactive in the mellow angled terrain skied today. Evidence of a wind slab avalanche cycle out of steep extreme terrain was observed with no deeper slabs pulled.
Crowfoot Glades
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
West Side 93N,
1 week ago
Observation
Started at truck -1 C at 8:45 AM. Mainly cloudy with no wind. Dusted of snow in the skin track until across the lake and 1/2 up the approach. New snow started to become deeper. Zero instabilities noticed while up tracking. Occasionally (2-3 x) ski broke through support crust - minor.
3 photos
Saturday January 14th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Saturday January 14th
Avalanche Canada, 1 week ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N, Field
Sunshine Meadows Test Profile
Banff Yoho Kootenay:
Sunshine,
1 week ago
Observation
Avalanche observation by Parks Canada Visitor Safety, seen near Sunshine, reported on Sat 14th Jan, 2023 1:00PM
1 photos
Friday January 13th
Avalanche Canada, 2 weeks ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N
Friday January 13th
Avalanche Canada, 2 weeks ago
Forecast
Regions:
Banff Yoho Kootenay, Banff, East Side 93N, Kootenay, LLSA, Lake Louise, Sunshine, West Side 93N