Kakwa
Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 25th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 15th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 13th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 11th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 9th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Storm Slabs.
Published: Mar 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.
Published: Mar 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 5th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 1st, 2025Hike Vancouver Island Inc.
hikevancouverisland.com,
Monday 24th April, 2023 8:50AM
Go, Dog. Go! (Kakwa Mar28-30)
<p>We arrived to Kakwa with a forecast for low avalanche hazard at all elevations. 10cm of well settled snow, a crust on southerly slopes, a sturdy midpack and no signs of wind meant we felt confident we wouldn’t see much more that a few loose avalanches (loose wet of sunny slopes, loose dry in the shade). After verifying the 3x Low forecast, we made the shift to “Open Season” and felt good riding anything white. We spent the first day skiing. We hit up a large path on a solar aspect in the late morning just as it turned to corn. Afterwards we moved to a shaded slope to ski powder through the heat of the day. We kept to high elevations and northerly slopes where the snow surface was soft and dry for the next two days while sledding around. This was for travel and enjoyment rather than hazard. We kept to the simple group management rules like one on the slope and meeting in safe regroups but otherwise hit up many of the places we wouldn’t normally go. This dry spell has left a variety of snow surfaces like crusts sunny slopes and surface hoar on shady ones. This may spell bad news when snow finally falls, but for now its “Go, dog. Go!”</p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Friday 31st March, 2023 1:40PM
Glow, Blow, then Snow
<p>Is it worth it? You better believe it! After a long day of driving, we unloaded sleds, gear, fuel, and food from the truck and packed it up in the skimmer. We set off in the fading light to Kakwa Provincial Park arrive under the stars. We woke to a red sunrise; with the storm on its way, we rode out to Mount Ruth area to look at higher elevation terrain before we lost visibility. We saw heavily scoured ridge lines and a couple older wind slabs before the storm rolled in. It wasn't long until the strengthening winds had us retreating to lower, more sheltered areas at tree line or below. Over the next 2 days we received 30cm of snow with strong to extreme winds from the southwest. Storm and wind slabs in combination with poor visibility kept us out of the alpine, but we found excellent riding in both open and dense trees. Even hanging out in the trees there were signs of windslabs (shooting cracks) in many small openings and storm slabs (size 1 avalanche) in sheltered areas. We focused on good communications and keeping close tabs on each other while enjoying what the storm delivered. </p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Saturday 4th March, 2023 6:20PM
Wrath of the Porcupine
<p>We spent the last 3 days in Kakwa repairing our weather station. At valley bottom we found about a metre of soft, fun snow. In the alpine we saw some small avalanches that were 24-72hrs old, out of steep unsupported terrain and blowing snow at ridge crests. Our main concern was still traps in the shallow snowpack rather than avalanches which left us keen to ride fatter areas found at tree line and lower alpine slopes. But (sadly) instead of brapping, we were busy fixing the Kakwa weather station that a resident porcupine had snacked on. (We fixed it!!)</p>
northrockiesfieldteam,
Friday 16th December, 2022 5:50PM