Waterton
Avalanche Forecast
Published: Apr 23rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.
Published: Apr 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Apr 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs.
Published: Apr 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet, Loose Dry.
Published: Apr 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet, Loose Dry.
Published: Apr 2nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 31st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Mar 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wet Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wet Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Loose Wet, Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Wet, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 18th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 16th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 7th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Mar 3rd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Feb 28th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Feb 26th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Feb 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs, Loose Wet.
Published: Feb 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Storm Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Feb 21st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Feb 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Persistent Slabs.
Published: Feb 19th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Storm Slabs, Loose Dry.
Published: Feb 17th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.
Published: Feb 14th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Feb 12th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Feb 10th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Feb 8th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Feb 6th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.
Published: Feb 4th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.
Published: Feb 1st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs, Loose Dry.
Published: Feb 1st, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Jan 30th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Jan 27th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Jan 24th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Jan 22nd, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Jan 20th, 2025Avalanche Forecast
Problems: Wind Slabs.
Published: Jan 18th, 2025Hot Hot Heat
<p>We traveled up to 2100 m on Forum Ridge today. We found 5-10 cm of dry snow atop 20 cm of moist snow that was supportive to skis but foot pen was 40 cm (Off your skis your post holing). Winds were calm at ridge line and we saw no wind transport in the alpine. Any overnight freeze broke down quickly with the days warmth. On our ski down in the afternoon below 1800 m in shallow areas the snowpack was becoming isothermal and unsupportive to skis. Thanks to the Parks Canada Visitor Safety team for hosting us today!</p>
southrockies,
Wednesday 12th April, 2023 4:00PM
Forum Ridge
<p>Another fun day on the ridge. Snow assessment showed no reaction but we did remote trigger about a size 1.5 that ran down a gully near where we were riding down. We headed straight over to lower angle trees to finish the run.
Did another lap farther north on the ridge down from what we call the trident tree and snow was less wind effected and rode very stable there. </p>
kodiakplumbum,
Wednesday 15th March, 2023 6:50PM
Inversion Wednesday
<p>A cold morning beneath the inversion line until pushing into warmer temps and sun in the Alpine. 5-10 cm of fresh snow sits on a sun crust that formed from the previous days of clear skies. New surface hoar has formed above last nights inversion line ~2000m and up. Skiing an East aspect we could feel the new sun crust. It was breakable most of the way down to the lake, but it wasn't terrible skiing, just ok.
Hazard Rating for today was Mod-Low-Low.</p>
Waterton Visitor Safety,
Wednesday 8th March, 2023 3:20PM
Forum Ridge
<p>Bitterly cold lap on Forum yesterday. -32 at the car and windy up high. Some wind affect from the unusual NE winds (heads up for reverse loading on SW slopes). Below ridgeline we rode mellow trees and found excellent powder to the lake. </p>
Steven Noël,
Friday 24th February, 2023 8:10AM
Considerable or higher for Tue/Wed?
Steve Kuijt,
Tuesday 21st February, 2023 6:45AM
Summit Ridge
<p>The skiing was great from top to bottom. Near the ridge, the snow turns to powder on crust but didn't affect the skiing much, more so just made skinning up a little more interesting. </p>
scott.nelson,
Monday 20th February, 2023 6:20PM
Felt spooky, but...
<p>Things felt a little spooky first thing in the morning, with high winds on the valley floor and sporadic, hollow feeling wind crusts in places as we headed up the ridge. The wind died down as we gained elevation, and the crusts became much less frequent. An ECT on the NE face just above 1900m showed no results. Finally was able to force a failure on the January crust layer (down 40cm at this location) after nearly 50 hard shoulder "taps", but even then the layer only crumbled slightly and remained fairly supportive. No planar failure or propagation occurred. Still worth being cautious in heavily wind affected areas, as this layer will have developed differently than in this somewhat sheltered test location.
Skiing was excellent boot top powder, though the new snow is noticeably thinner at low elevations and you can feel the January crust about 5-10cm down. Stay high and in sheltered terrain for best results.</p>
chickenoodlesandwich,
Friday 17th February, 2023 8:40PM
Beauty Day
<p>+20cm storm snow on top of a pretty gross crust. ECT 16 failed, but showed propagation about a 1/4 of the way through the extended column. We stuck to the fairly open trees and had an awesome run. No sluffing noticed on descent. Rode very solid. </p>
kodiakplumbum,
Wednesday 15th February, 2023 6:00PM
Rowe powder day
<p>Finally some work on the up track! Minus 7, sunshine, NO wind and 30-40cm. North wind made for a little more density but excellent conditions to about 2000 m. Above was wind affected and slabby. We encountered lots of whumpfing between 1400-1900m but no shooting cracks</p>
cdcarnell,
Tuesday 14th February, 2023 4:10PM
Mt. Rowe shoulder
<p>Great day going up to Mt. Rowe. Didn’t see any recent signs of avalanches. From around 2250m and up as we neared the top it got windy and firm. There was a 3 inch firm crust sitting on top from the wind. However no signs of instability at any point on our climb and descent. Everything below that line was great powder riding.</p>
D.Lowesy,
Sunday 12th February, 2023 1:20PM
Forum ridge avi
warren.strange,
Saturday 4th February, 2023 9:40PM
Mt Rowe Below Tree Line
<p>Dug a quick pit at 2180m and below tree line. Snow was 98 cm deep with 25cm of new light snow on top of a thin crust which is sitting on an old surface hoar layer. There is another old crust layer 35 cm up from the ground. We observed no signs of avalanches.</p>
samskiffington,
Saturday 28th January, 2023 5:50PM
jan 27
<p>new snow was low density throughout day and slid easily in steep features on crust, riding up top was great and mid mountain not as good (icy, debris)</p>
Coleman Secretan,
Friday 27th January, 2023 10:10PM
Dry January is over
<p>20 cm of soft snow above icy crust layer. Large crust layer 40 cm. Snow depth 117 cm at 1930 m. NE aspect. Snowing heavily Friday at times. No cracking, whumpfing. No avalanches observed. </p>
Farley,
Friday 27th January, 2023 6:40PM
Snowshoeing up to Cameron Lake
<p>Great visibility, but did see signs of a few avalanches right above the Little Prairie parking lot, heading up to Cameron Lake. Just snowshoed on the groomed trail and didn’t really venture off the path. Very sunny hovering around -2 the whole time we were out</p>
b-hutchinson,
Wednesday 25th January, 2023 3:30PM
Test
<p>Test </p>
southrockies,
Thursday 19th January, 2023 7:30AM
Lineham Falls
<p>Went in to climb lineham falls yesterday. The sheltered north aspect of this climb has preserved it in this warm spell. Ice was wet, and sometimes felt like you were being rained on, but overall ice quality was good. Climbed the left line in two 70m pitches. The right line is on its way out, but still climbable. Just Nous Deux looked to be in fat and fun shape, and the Shining also looked in.
Approach is currently in challenging conditions. Prepare for wind swept, steep and icy side hilling for the first 2km. Crust was supportive to ski travel, but ski crampons are a must! Crust was not supportive to boots in many places.
Avalanche hazard is low right now with many start zones scoured to ground or locked in with by the early January crust and this current warm spell.
Overall a great day, get back there, the climbs are in and super fun! An FYI that quick and dirty fell this weekend due to the warm and experts choice looks to be in very poor shape.</p>
cwerier,
Tuesday 17th January, 2023 9:00AM
Surprisingly good turns
<p>Great turns to be had on some wind sift areas. Lots of solar radiation today. There have been a couple of slides in the last week or so but over all conditions were incredibly stable and turns were fun right to the parking lot. </p>
danwebster,
Wednesday 11th January, 2023 2:30PM
Forum/Summit
<p>Variable conditions. Best to stay away from open slopes due to wind slabs and ice crusts. Better snow on north east summit bench above Cameron lake, north west corner of Cameron lake to forum ridge, and live trees into forum basin. No signs of instabilities while skiing. Wind was light. </p>
Farley,
Sunday 8th January, 2023 8:30AM
Forum Ridge
<p>Found good conditions on Forum Ridge, staying to sheltered micro aspects where powder was less wind affected. Straying onto larger open aspects, other parties encountered breakable crust and marginal skiing. Attempts to access Summit Lake were aborted due to signs of significant sun and wind effect. No signs of instability.</p>
Steven Noël,
Saturday 7th January, 2023 4:10PM
Forum Ridge
<p>We skied powder snow from Ridge Top to Lake. Up to 20cm up top and you could feel the supportive crust near the lake under about 10cm of snow. Much better conditions than expected</p>
JollyJ,
Monday 2nd January, 2023 6:10AM
Better than expected
<p>Extended column test showed propagation on 30th swing. Surprisingly solid snow pack for all the wild weather we’ve had. 30 cm of pretty nice snow on top of 5 cm rock solid rain crust actually made for a way nicer day than we expected. </p>
kodiakplumbum,
Friday 30th December, 2022 8:50PM
Crandell lake
<p>Poke about. Dug a pit at crandell lake on flat sheltered spot. One voile shovel deep snow pack. Very low density powder on top of a progressively firmer snow until ice and sugar snow last 5ish cm about the ground. Basic ECT showed no results. Column just progressively broke apart, no pops, drops or slab I could pull off.
Didn't ride anything for fear of destroying my gear and body</p>
nathanppage,
Sunday 18th December, 2022 1:20PM
Forum ridge
Emilie Brien,
Saturday 17th December, 2022 6:10PM
Forum Ridge
<p>Found good conditions on Forum. Our pit revealed CT21 with no planar fractures. New snow seems to be bonding well. On the descent a rider remote triggered a 1.5 sized windslab in a rocky outcropping in a thinner snowpack area. A few other areas were noted to have shooting cracks, albeit only 2-5m long and on non-reactive snow
Still a few sharks to be had but good coverage overall.</p>
Tanner Rodgers ,
Friday 16th December, 2022 8:10PM
Rowe
<p>Rowe definitely needs more snow in most spots as this weekends wind storm transported snow from SE aspects to the NE. Lots of cracking and whumpfing observed. </p>
Cezanne Morden,
Sunday 4th December, 2022 7:40PM
Forum Ridge
<p>Excellent skiing to be had on Forum with a supportive but soft top layer. Keep the feet light as there are still a few snow sharks around, even in the deeper areas. Snowpack is the right way up and gave no indications of instability. Thin wind crust has formed on some NE aspects, and surface hoar at was observed at all elevations, primarily around 2000m on N/NE faces (out of the sun).</p>
chickenoodlesandwich,
Sunday 4th December, 2022 2:50PM
Forum Ridge
crashtestwilliams,
Saturday 3rd December, 2022 7:15AM
Early Season Conditions
<p>Went to check out the early season conditions on Forum Ridge today. Some good skiing was found however many hazards exist. Below 1800m blowdown makes travel very difficult.
There is 75cm-150cm of snow in the alpine and at treeline. A soft reverse-loaded surface slab exists but was difficult to trigger with cold temps. An October crust was found near the ground in isolated locations. The snowpack above is settling well and seems to be bonding to the crust.
Other areas of the park still look too thin for skiing. </p>
Waterton Visitor Safety,
Tuesday 8th November, 2022 9:30AM