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Published: Mar 5th, 2025Nice walking, bad skiing.
Stretched the ol' legs on the Lovat Scout Loop. HS 30-50cm, top 10-15cm Fist facets on top of a sometimes supportive ~10cm 4F +/- layer on top of Fist to ground. Lots of whumphing with obvious propagation >5m, and cracking around skis on mellow open and trees slopes. Top 15cm would ski well if it weren't for all the rocks and trees sticking through. Goal of the day was to enjoy some fresh air and enjoy the views so it was a success. If you head to the hills with goals that do not include skiing you will have an excellent time.
AndrewfromJasper,
Tuesday 2nd January, 2024 4:40PM
Lovat Scout Loop
Lots of wind scouring in the alpine around the Bald Hills area. Preserved surface hoar was found down 20cm. Snowpack was unsupportive to skis. Lots of whumpfing in both the alpine and below treeline. Careful skiing was nessesary to avoid getting injured due to the unsupportive snowpack and "early season" hazards like rocks and trees. Lovely walk - awful skiing.
timsjohnson,
Thursday 28th December, 2023 8:50PM
Bald Hills
47 cm snowpack at tree line in wind protected areas. Very thin snowpack in wind exposed areas. Observed whumpfing and minor cracking in isolated areas that had seen wind effect. Observed a sz 1 natural slab avalanche on a wind loaded convexity.
Parks Canada Visitor Safety,
Friday 15th December, 2023 4:20PM
Bald Hills AST 1
sprockter,
Wednesday 6th December, 2023 10:20PM
Lovett scout loop
Lovely day on Lovett. First tour of the session. It was more of a hike as there was very limited coverage. 5-10cm below treeline and parking. 15-25cm of settled snow at treeline. Maybe 30-40cm in the most loaded area. It actually looked unsafe to attempt turns. Windswept and rocky in the alpine. It looks like you could start and avalanche in isolated areas in Alpine and treeline but there is a lot of ground showing still. Temperature warmed up to around 0 creating some moist snow in selected areas. Above tree line appeared to stay cold. 2 moose on the way up and 4 Moose on the drive down. Heads up as those beautiful large animals really love to stand on the road and blend into the surrounding forest
Darcy Ruddy,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:37PM
BTL means bacon, tomato and lettuce, right?
A wander up Signal for some elusive sunshine found us walking on a below threshold snowpack.
Snow depth at sheltered tree line was about 30cm. 2000m and higher we heard a few whumphs below a soft breakable crust midway down. Wind exposed areas had only 10cm of snow left. Today there was no wind and surface hoar was growing right up to ridgecrest.
8f7mzera,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:37PM
Bald Hills
Parks Canada Visitor Safety,
Wednesday 29th November, 2023 9:37PM
Bald Hills corn and isothermal
<p>Took the advice of the forecast and played in some great non-avy terrain. Skins on at 6:30 and the road was solidly frozen (-4 at the lot). Forest around has a thin crust that broke into sugar. Climbed to a small bump near the top and had a quick breakfast while we waited for the sun to warm the snow. Did a great lap and then went to the shortcut to ski down the trees. Unfortunately the snow below 2000m at 10am was already trash and we wallowed for a while until we hit the road. Road was still mostly firm by 11am but I would not have liked to be the hikers starting out at that time without any flotation. Saw some pretty incredible whoomphs and snow collapses along the side of the road as we touched snow that wasn’t solidly frozen. Propagation of the crack would be 50m and the whole snowpack dropped. Probably felt about a dozen of these. That basal facet layer is super reactive. No signs of any natural avalanches on bald hills itself but lots on the mountains around. </p>
andrew.moldovan1991,
Saturday 29th April, 2023 3:10PM
Bald hills powder
<p>Great day skiing at Bald Hills. Around 0 at the car at 11am and likely -3ish at the top with a chilly wind. Cloudy with some sun peaking out, especially in the morning. Road up was broken in and easy going with quick travel possible on hardpack. Way down was fast and fun as long as you stuck to the broken trail. The snow on the side was wet and slow. Above 2000m on polar aspects the snow was amazing, felt like riding butter. About 20-40cm of dry snow (depending on wind loading) was overlying a supportive crust or other layers. On solar aspects the crust was not supportive and you plunged through into waist deep sugar. Didn’t see any signs of naturals or any instabilities. Did travel across some wind slabs in the alpine on flat ground and noticed that there was lots of wind activity on the steeper slopes. Skied nothing but mellow terrain. </p>
andrew.moldovan1991,
Saturday 15th April, 2023 3:40PM
Lovat Scout to Bald Hills
<p>Skied the Lovat Scout to Bald Hills loop sticking to mellow slopes in treeline. Solar aspects had 2-3cm of new snow on top of a 2cm breakble sun crust. We didnt venture into the alpine but it looked slightly wind affected especially at ridgecrest. Sheltered slopes offered some great skiing and we found it reasonably supportive. Lots of convective flurries throughout the day and the air temperature stayed around -5 for most of the day. No natural avalanche activity observed.</p>
nicwinter,
Sunday 2nd April, 2023 6:00PM
Buck Lake size 2
Patrick,
Saturday 11th March, 2023 2:50PM
Watchtower
<p>Day out in the Watchtower area. Good skiing TL and BTL where supportive to skis. Alpine ranged from bullet hard sastrugi to soft WSL. BTL, sparse trees and rocky areas made for awful trail breaking with PS to ground through FC and DH, improving at around 1900m. </p>
joe.h ,
Wednesday 22nd February, 2023 10:10AM
Watchtower
nicholas.rudolph67,
Wednesday 15th February, 2023 6:20PM
Maligne Area
<p>Broke trail off of the Skyline and was surprised to find for the most part it was supportive below tree line. At tree line and above the snowpack was very supported. Skied NE aspects and stuck to conservative terrain. Winds were fairly calm with a few gusts. Saw what looked like to be very old avalanche debris from a cornice failure. A bit of wind transport in the alpine, soft slabs were forming but were unreactive. Overall the skiing was amazing. </p>
nickl,
Saturday 11th February, 2023 10:00AM
Bald Hills
<p>Surprisingly good skiing considering the warm temperatures. We skied from a bit above treeline towards the peak and down to the fire road. We took the shortcut route up and down.
Near the top was increasingly more wind affected so we decided to go down after digging a pit just above treeline. Windblown snow created a soft surface about 10-20 cm on some leeward faces. The first weak layer was about 30cm and another at 70cm during our column test. The remaining 50cm unsupported by basal facets. To be cautious, we stuck close to the trees and avoided steep slopes.
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guwaofficial,
Thursday 9th February, 2023 8:10PM
Shangrila to Antler Mountain traverse
nbangle,
Monday 6th February, 2023 10:30AM
Good Skiing. Ill be buck.
<p>Great skiing at buck lake. ~20cms of new snow on top of a surprisingly supportive midpack. Lots of other traffic over the last few days. Great skin track to around 2000m. Triggered a small pocket (hardly a size 1) on a small convexity at treeline. </p>
joe.h ,
Tuesday 31st January, 2023 8:10PM
Buck Lake
<p>Facets to the ground with about 5cm layer from recent storm. Facets made for difficult trailbreaking in the trees. A buried sun crust in the avalanche path kept it supportive to skis and surprisingly decent quality. There is a different skin track from an earlier group that takes you a bit further left .... our down track/survival skiing out would be the more direct route. (Right on approach)</p>
liski,
Wednesday 25th January, 2023 6:30AM
Shangri - La
<p>Fantastic few days in Shangri - La with some surprisingly good skiing in previously wind affected areas and endless great views. </p>
joe.h ,
Thursday 19th January, 2023 5:10PM
Bald Hills
<p>Thin temperature crust present up to 1800m. Alpine and open Tree line ar ewind scoured with a lot of rocks showing its teeth. Height of snow between 50-80 cm and generally unsupportive to skis as soon as you step off the trail.
Dug a test pit at 2170m in a sheltered opening in trees.
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jaspervisitor.safety,
Thursday 12th January, 2023 1:10PM
Opal hills
<p>Skied up to Opal hills.Trail was well packed and the snow in the trees was crusty and not great skiing. There had been freezing rain previously and with the warm temperatures hovering around -5 didn’t help the snow. Did not notice any whumping sounds or shooting cracks. Was pretty stable.</p>
Paul Craig,
Friday 30th December, 2022 6:00PM
Bald Hills Wind Tunnel
<p>Did a quick lap at Bald Hills to start off the holiday season. While ascending the summer trail around 11:30am we hear an avalanche north of us in the distance but couldn’t see anything when we got out of the trees due to low visibility. Windy and blowing slow in the alpine. Wind slabs already present. Temp was +2C when we returned to the parking lot ~3pm. </p>
nina.veselka,
Saturday 24th December, 2022 9:50PM
Surprise! No good skiing
<p>Coverage is still quite low and more snow is needed. Stayed in treeline all day. The polar aspects were pretty much facets to the ground but the solar aspects were a bit more consolidated. No whumphing or shooting cracks observed.</p>
nickl,
Sunday 11th December, 2022 2:30PM
Fun in the Snow with AST Students
<p>Up at Bald Hills Sunday & Tuesday for another couple of AST courses for Jasper Hikes & Tours. Snowpack remains sensitive to human triggering and we would avoid any steep treeline runs due to a reactive Surface Hoar layer down 35cms. Whumpfs occurred at TL. Limited obs. in ALP (expect another MIN report tomorrow for ALP obs). Snow profile results @2100m, 25 deg., NE asp. HS 77, S-1, -15C, L, SE winds: CTE8 (SP) down 35 on SH. CTM14 (SC) down 77 on FC/DH (ground). ECTP12+1 down 35 on SH.
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sprockter,
Tuesday 6th December, 2022 6:50PM
Nothing to "ski" here
<p>Buck lake area needs at least two good storms before it's worth the walk, in case anyone else around town also sees snow through rose coloured glasses.
HS a meager 65cm at 1800m, ski pen 30. No wind or solar affect in furthest lookers right path.... snow would've been just great, if only there was more of it. :(
Shooting cracks and whumpfing in lower elevation isolated areas, found the surface hoar layer at ~1550m but disappeared higher up.
No wind, nice temps, worse places to get skunked. </p>
liski,
Sunday 4th December, 2022 3:20PM
Whumpfs, shooting cracks, and SPs Oh My!
<p>Bald Hills AST1 course with Jasper Hikes & Tours: Several whumpfs in sheltered TL features, propagating up to 20m away, and failing on SH layer down 30cms. No new avalanches observed. Test profile results: CTE4 (SP) down 30 on SH 10.0mm——ECTP6
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sprockter,
Monday 28th November, 2022 9:31AM
Bald Hills / Lovat Scout Loop
<p>Snowpack at treeline 40-60cm. 10-20cm new snow (fist resistance) on top of Fist+ facets to ground. Ski penetration 20-35cm. Moderate to strong winds throughout the day forming highly variable, unreactive wind slabs in all exposed areas. No avalanche activity observed. Skiing was good in sheltered large trees and mediocre everywhere else. Glades at treeline that are typically good were challenging and uninspiring :(</p>
AndrewfromJasper,
Sunday 27th November, 2022 9:30AM
Kerkeslin Falls
<p>Kerkeslin is climbable, but thin and hollow ice makes for engaging climbing and poor pro.</p>
mkennd,
Sunday 27th November, 2022 9:30AM