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Kananaskis

Kananaskis

Goat glacier

Hiked up to 2200m, No freeze but good skinning with 2-5 cm of ski pen. Decent skiing but snow went sticky As soon as the sun came out. Inspite of being a pocket glacier there is a scrund and it was starting to open on either sides of the run but was bridged good with Avi debrie in the middle. A few sagging crevices bridges lower down.
wardsbd, Saturday 31st May, 2025 9:00AM

Robertson Glacier

Good freeze with a supportive crust the hole way in. Crust started to break down at 1030am. Started down at noon but it was a touch sticky by this time. Every 5 minutes a size 1 to 1.5 wet loose avalanches would come off ridge top from small cornice collapses starting at 930 am on East aspect. Snow held up on the trail for the exit. About 2km of walking on the way out.
wardsbd, Sunday 25th May, 2025 12:00PM

Grizzly col

Biked to 2150m! Semi supportive in the trees getting over the shoulder. Supportive and decent skiing in the alpine or open terrian. Quite a few cornice triggered slabs to ground on SE aspects over the last few days.
wardsbd, Friday 9th May, 2025 12:00PM

Rummel pass

Easy skinning up, mostly supportive on the trail and in the alpine. Variable skiing down below the lake do to the melt out. Took my skis off 15 times. Patchy snow all the way down to the highway. Strong Westerly winds all day. A few tiny slabs and wet loose natural avalanches on steep solar today. Tryed to ski down the east side of Rummel pass at 2400m but found breakable crust over isothermic snow so retreated.
wardsbd, Thursday 8th May, 2025 12:00PM

Rummel pass

Easy skinning up, mostly supportive on the trail and in the alpine. Variable skiing down below the lake do to the melt out. Took my skis off 15 times. Patchy snow all the way down to the highway. Strong Westerly winds all day. A few tiny slabs and wet loose natural avalanches on steep solar today. Tryed to ski down the east side of Rummel pass at 2400m but found breakable crust over isothermic snow so retreated.
wardsbd, Thursday 8th May, 2025 12:00PM

Weak crust, mushy conditions

Weak crust above mushy snow on French Haig Robertson today. Recent size 2 off the sunny slopes below Robertson, sunny steep terrain was seeing frequent smaller releases. Travel conditions were ok in the morning, leaving the trail on the exit in the afternoon was a recipe for wallowing.
shaw.bryce, Saturday 3rd May, 2025 9:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Published: May 2nd, 2025
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Hogarth Lakes- Outdoor Ed. Program

We stayed away from avalanche terrain. Spring conditions, it would not be the right time of day to be out in avi terrain anyways (too warm and rapid rising temps).
Canadian Rockies Outdoor Learning Centre, Monday 28th April, 2025 2:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 27th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 26th, 2025
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Skier Triggered 2.5

avalanche.safety, Saturday 26th April, 2025 1:00PM

Sparrowhawk Summit

Awesome day up on Sparrowhawk. It was mixed snow/dirt from the road up to about 1950 m. After that we were able to skin. Good refreeze which meant ski crampons were very helpful. There was snow to the summit but it’s melting quickly. South facing slopes were getting soft by 10:30 or so.
sierra.casey95, Friday 25th April, 2025 11:00PM

THE BONK BOYZ

trust our anchors if you dare! plenty of snow left to spare ;)
yeehawboy, Friday 25th April, 2025 11:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 24th, 2025
Archived

FHR

FHR was fun this morning. Good conditions, nice powder on the Robertson Glacier. Ski out was fast.
mark.wizinsky, Thursday 24th April, 2025 9:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 22nd, 2025
Archived

Heros Knob

We headed out of the car park around 11am. There was about 10cm of new snow on the way up which was moist to the crust. Crust was supportive to skis and boots. We saw several small point releases and a couple size 1 wet loose avalanches on south aspect during the acscent, mostly out of the headwall which you can see in the photos. Only entraining the new storm snow. On the descent of the north aspect there was about 15cm of dry snow on top of a very supportive crust which made for great skiing, started to become moist towards treeline.
tommichaelhay, Tuesday 22nd April, 2025 10:00AM

Purple Knob

Started up purple knob early, around 8am at the parking lot. Around 3-4 cm fell overnight. Skied mainly on north aspects before heading over the col around 2:30pm, when the sun cut through the clouds resulting in rapid warming up to 10 degrees Celsius as measured by thermometer. Skied down as the snow got heavier, but no avalanches seen or heard (likely because they have already slid in the previous warming cycles). Once back at the car around 4, snow was accumulating rapidly with temps around 0 degrees.
dapadeanu, Monday 21st April, 2025 8:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.

Published: Apr 20th, 2025
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Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.

Published: Apr 19th, 2025
Archived

Hero’s Knob

Hero’s Knob loop - actually, pretty good! No overnight freeze. The flats from the road were still supportive (~1cm ski penetration), and the creek crossing was also in good shape. Cloudy skies with occasional sun breaking through, but never long enough to significantly heat rock/snow. Flurries in the air, minimal accumulation. Sheltered/north aspects had 5-10cm wet snow on top of a substantially supportive layer. Solar slopes had 1-3cm soft surface on top of the existing surface crust. Sweet sixteen skied better than expected with soft ~moist snow on sheltered lines, and edge-able on wind blown aspects. Previous wet loose debris littered the skier’s right side but few ski tracks left plenty of space available. On lower slopes, sluff quickly turned into roller balls and pinwheels. It didn’t pick up enough mass to be a problem. Old tracks, new tracks, and accumulated pinwheel sluff will all be challenging obstacles once the next refreeze locks things down. The final ~100m of descent was elephant snot, yet the exit track and final flats were still supportive. No new natural activity observed. Some wet loose debris appeared to be ~24-48h old.
Ron.Lakeman.Fan.Club, Saturday 19th April, 2025 9:00AM

Gooood Friday

Warspite / Hermione col Great, not quite amazing (not all faceshots like Sunday) 30 settled dry pow A few unreactive pockets of windslab, mostly between 1/4 and 1/2way up the pitch and were bonding to the underlying snow, couple small spots of few cm windskin CTH 26 uneven break down 75 on crust complex, north aspect, maybe 1/4 way up in one of the slabby spots Expected more but only saw one small sluff off the heated headwall Small cornice over the pitch, somewhat supported Dropped before noon so still expecting the heat to kick in Winds seemed to pick up once on the return route Overall rad day
Charlie Kelly, King of the Rats, Friday 18th April, 2025 10:00AM

Hidden Lake slide

At least a couple days old, probably during one of the warmer days earlier this week? Slid to the ground
jacksonbodtker, Friday 18th April, 2025 6:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.

Published: Apr 17th, 2025
Archived

FHR

FHR traverse is in good shape Fast travel on supportive frozen snow up and down Good Track is set all the way up Headwall was ok, 5-10 cm of dry snow on top of a crust, didn’t get wet by 11am. Sunny then overcast after 11am. Riding quality not so good (breakable crust then supportive snow) but we were able to skate all the flats below Burstall Pass. Slope below the arch of the « hole in the wall couloir » would be happy to receive more snow
MATHURIN, Thursday 17th April, 2025 1:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.

Published: Apr 16th, 2025
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Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 15th, 2025
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Northover-pushover col

Upper Kananakis Lake was in good skate skiing shape in the morning but was looking wetish in the afternoon. Good travel up to Aster lake on powder and plasticy crust. Lots of wind slab in the alpine and treeline on all aspects. On are descent, on polars there was variable wind slab above 2200m and good schmoooe skiing below. Exit out three Ilse trail was mostly supportive but punchy in places. A few cornice triggered persistence slabs or wind slabs to size 2 in the last 24 hrs.
wardsbd, Tuesday 15th April, 2025 12:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 14th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Loose Dry, Loose Wet.

Published: Apr 13th, 2025
Archived

Little Middle Sister Col: New bolts

We skied up the south facing slope to the col between the little and middle sisters. We added 3 protection bolts to a left-trending ramp to reach an existing rappel anchor (2 pins + bolt) on the little sister side of the col. From here, there is 10m of easy snow climbing to reach the col. We dropped down the north side for mostly excellent skiing with some rocks hiding beneath the surface. This now makes for a nice circumnavigation ski tour of the little sister with a 30m rope, several quick draws and a little bit of 5.4 climbing. With the recent heat, I don't think the snow on the south side of this route will last the week this season, but a highly recommended tour when conditions present themselves.
michaelgregory.rohs, Sunday 13th April, 2025 11:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Dry.

Published: Apr 12th, 2025
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Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Dry.

Published: Apr 11th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 10th, 2025
Archived

Purple col to heroes traverse

Good dry powder skiing on the northern aspects of purple col and sweet 16. We ascended to purple col via the dog leg region. cornices threaten the SE ascent to purple Col in the ALP bowl. pinwheels and small solar triggered sluffs on steep solar slopes by mid morning. We were glad to be through that zone by 10am. But even a bit earlier would have been better. Observed likely wind triggered avalanche from steep rocky terrain at approximately 1pm while descending sweet 16 from heroes. Winds were observed gusting at ridges at 3000m. Snowpack very moist at the road by 130pm, but still supportive to boots.
sfluker, Thursday 10th April, 2025 9:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 9th, 2025
Archived

French-Haig whiteout

Surprisingly good conditions on the descent. Up to 30cm blower in lee features. The headwall up to the pass had 15-30cm 4f-1f slab reactive on the upper 15cm. No new avalanches to report appart from spindrift.
marekseeley, Wednesday 9th April, 2025 11:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 8th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 7th, 2025
Archived

Hogarth Lakes-Outdoor Ed. Trip

Canadian Rockies Outdoor Learning Centre, Monday 7th April, 2025 12:30PM

Engadine Burn Forest

Whoomphing and shooting cracks isolated to gladed areas.
jujuparfitt, Monday 7th April, 2025 7:30AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 6th, 2025
Archived

Heroes Knob

We found up to 40cm of dry fist snow with no wind effect on top of a supportive crust on alpine polar aspects up to 2400m. Made for excellent powder skiing Tons of evidence of old avalanches up to size 3 especially on South and East aspects. Top 5-10cm of snow becoming moist on solar aspects in the afternoon. We observed debris from a sz 2 slab on south aspect looking like it released within the last 12 hours.
cmurrayschlitt, Saturday 5th April, 2025 2:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 5th, 2025
Archived

Engadine Burn

Short lap on the lower part of the Engadine Burn. Snow was heavy and wet when skinning up. Stayed on low angle slope and had a few nice turns.
fmavrot, Saturday 5th April, 2025 10:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 4th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 3rd, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Apr 2nd, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs, Loose Dry.

Published: Apr 1st, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 31st, 2025
Archived

French creek avalanche and cracking

R.Kuhnlein, Monday 31st March, 2025 1:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 30th, 2025
Archived

Engadine Burn

Max Sze, Sunday 30th March, 2025 11:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 29th, 2025
Archived

Burstall Pass

160HS at TL at burstall pass. 25cm storm snow on the march 28 rain crust. Moist in exposed terrain, dry in sheltered terrain in the trees. The rain crust is 10cm thick and supportive for skis and boots. Below the crust is 50cm of dense 1F snow that appears to have settled significantly in last week’s warm temps. The winter facets are down 85 cms. CTM11 BRK at the facet interface down 85cm. On this test I removed the rain crust first. Snowpack more supportive than it has been in a while because of the march 28 rain crust and settled storm snow beneath the crust which seemed to be bridging the deep facets. The return of cold temps after the big warming this past week also gave the snowpack some strength. I used an unconventional line to ascend the pass, staying in the trees way climbers left to fully avoid the runout of the avi paths off snow peak. Big crown lines off the ridge leading to snow peak. Good day for the teles in 25cms of new snow on the supportive crust
sfluker, Saturday 29th March, 2025 2:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 28th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 27th, 2025
Archived

Dog leg slide path

avalanche.safety, Thursday 27th March, 2025 3:00AM

Dog leg slide path

avalanche.safety, Thursday 27th March, 2025 3:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 26th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 25th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 24th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 23rd, 2025
Archived

Snowpack test in roadside meadow near Black Prince trailhead

bruce.jamieson, Sunday 23rd March, 2025 10:30AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 22nd, 2025
Archived

Miners Gully Test

DISCLAIMER: Not very experienced digging snow pits or examining layers Hiked up Ha Ling on Saturday to do some research on the Miners Gully line. Did not bring skis. Just hiked up and down the day hiking trail. Lowered into the line around 5-10 meters to dig a pit and see how things are looking while on a rope. Top 15cms are a very reactive slab. Next 60cms would pop as well with some convincing. Bottom portion of the snow pack, 90cm plus, is all very sugary snow. Did not leave with confidence! Decently large cornice has formed over the entrance to this line. We dug away at most of it and threw the snow boulders into the line seeing how the snow would react, nothing reacted. Very windy at the top while we were there and snowing slightly.
kearlscott2, Saturday 22nd March, 2025 11:00AM

Buller mountain, size big

guillaume.ledall, Saturday 22nd March, 2025 1:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 21st, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 20th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 19th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 18th, 2025
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Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 17th, 2025
Archived

Hogarth Lakes

R.Kuhnlein, Monday 17th March, 2025 11:15AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 16th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 15th, 2025
Archived

Engadine Burn test pit

Found great skiing lapping low angled burnt trees, 25-30cm of powder on top of a widespread supportive crust on sunny aspects. Good coverage in the burn, we stuck to sunny slopes as snowpack was unsupportive in shaded areas below treeline due to lack of crust. Dug test pit at 2175m, HS 85, ECTX results.
cmurrayschlitt, Saturday 15th March, 2025 3:00PM

A walk in the woods (with instabilities) .

We did Chester Lake with a group of 8, with the goal to stick to very low angle terrain while hopefully observe signs of instabilities at some point with the team. We were eating lunch at the lake and I started to bounce on the snow, when a noticable whumpf, released and everyone dropped a bit. So we explored the instabilities around the lake. In one area a shooting crack went 10+ m to the steam edge and large slabs cracked off and slid down in to the creek bottom. It was an excellent day of learning on zero consequence terrain, and a rare chance to see such tangible, immediate evidence of the problems in the forecast for a new group.
recrd, Saturday 15th March, 2025 11:00AM

A walk in the woods (with instabilities) .

We did Chester Lake with a group of 8, with the goal to stick to very low angle terrain while hopefully observe signs of instabilities at some point with the team. We were eating lunch at the lake and I started to bounce on the snow, when a noticable whumpf, released and everyone dropped a bit. So we explored the instabilities around the lake. In one area a shooting crack went 10+ m to the steam edge and large slabs cracked off and slid down in to the creek bottom. It was an excellent day of learning on zero consequence terrain, and a rare chance to see such tangible, immediate evidence of the problems in the forecast for a new group.
recrd, Saturday 15th March, 2025 11:00AM

Little Prince Skiing

Really great riding conditions. Forecast accurate, very weak layer persistent slab on facets, but snow on top was more consolidated and good to ride on. We stuck to denser trees and had no issues. Avoided open slopes. Picture with red line was a crown from something that must have slid the week before. Lots of debris on the lake.
patrickjdwyerjr, Saturday 15th March, 2025 9:30AM

Engadine Burnt Trees

Probed down to 125cm at 2,800m Lots of whumpfing. Skied open burnt trees, lots of powder, but felt the March crust under foot at times. When making new tracks, stepped through both the March and Jan 30th crust at times.
CM10, Saturday 15th March, 2025 9:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 14th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Accident

avalanche.safety, Friday 14th March, 2025 3:00PM

Tryst Size 2

Formofrocket, Friday 14th March, 2025 12:00PM

Chester Lake Observation

We didn’t ski any slopes today, outside of the skin up/ski out. The sun felt especially warm when it came out of the clouds. It’s definitely warm out there. Also, I was surprised by how much more fresh snow there was from yesterday. Looks like there was more avalanche activity on Chester, but sure when it took place.
m.k.ambro, Friday 14th March, 2025 9:30AM

Skier accidental/remote- black prince area

We were climbing the ridge and went to far out onto a sun exposed slope. Remote triggered sz 1 while placing a kick turn and sinking into facets. A loud whoomf and settlement occurred just before it released. We retreated back to the ridge
johnacheson99, Friday 14th March, 2025 9:09AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 13th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.

Published: Mar 13th, 2025
Archived

Chester lake

wardsbd, Thursday 13th March, 2025 1:00PM

Tryst Chutes

Lapped the chutes today, we experienced stormy conditions, strong gusts of wind, and light snowfall throughout the day (~5cm). Storm slab was present and reactive, particularly on wind-loaded aspects. Persistent layer is tricky and can still be found easily in steeper terrain. Visibility was limited at times but we observed several old avalanches from the past few days, indicating recent instability. Continued loading from the storm is adding stress to the snowpack, and avalanche hazard remains elevated. Careful route selection and stability assessments recommended.
Jacob St Amand, Thursday 13th March, 2025 8:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.

Published: Mar 12th, 2025
Archived

Kananaskis Lakes, Hot and Heavy

A bit of greenhousing and solar input made the south aspects go wet and heavy. The polar aspects below 2400m were just below zero and started to feel heavy. Observered several natural wet loose avalanches to size 1.5 out steep high alpine SW slopes mostly in the Opal range. Breaking trail below 2200m on NE aspect was very tough as you would sink through the 70cm of storm snow in to facets below. Experienced lots of setlements and whumpfing on this layer. Easy trail breaking on the south aspects.
wardsbd, Wednesday 12th March, 2025 2:00PM

ECTs beside Mud Lake, Kananaskis

bruce.jamieson, Wednesday 12th March, 2025 12:00PM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.

Published: Mar 11th, 2025
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Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.

Published: Mar 10th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.

Published: Mar 9th, 2025
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Remote Trigger N Aspect

MWerner, Sunday 9th March, 2025 11:00AM

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.

Published: Mar 8th, 2025
Archived

Avalanche Forecast

Problems: Persistent Slabs, Wind Slabs.

Published: Mar 8th, 2025
Archived

Dogleg area

m_lab, Saturday 8th March, 2025 10:00AM

Wind wind and more wind

Super windy at an attempt at Birdwood Traverse. We were sick of the wind and didn’t have high hopes for coverage in the commonwealth valley so bailed at the Col. larger group continued on. South facing slopes at burstall were absolutely bullet proof ice crust with a range of 0 cm to 20+ of windslab on top. Highly recommend ski crampons for anything south facing after seeing that, can’t imagine much good skiing unless north facing. Snowing horizontally and heavily when we left around noon, no snow at car.
bdpiche, Saturday 8th March, 2025 8:00AM

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