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Avalanche Bulletin - Jasper National Park
Avalanche Problem 1: Loose Wet
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- If triggered the loose wet sluffs may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.
Avalanche Problem 2: Wet Slabs
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Warm temperatures, solar radiation, and cornices falling; one, or a combination of these are acting as triggers and creating large destructive avalanches.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid exposure to overhead avalanche terrain, large avalanches may reach the end of run out zones.
Avalanche Problem 3: Wind Slabs
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Spring weather can often bring variable amounts of precipitation, localized winds, and rapid loading in alpine lee features.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- If triggered the storm/wind slabs may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.
Avalanche Summary
The spring avalanche cycle is in full swing with temperatures reaching 20 degrees. Large destructive avalanche are running from all elevations and aspects!
Snowpack Summary
Some snow still sticking around at treeline on northerly slopes. Deep persistent slabs are out on most aspects in the alpine and treeline. Large triggers, like cornices still lingering in many alpine areas. Isolated spring storms may create non persistent instabilities, like wind slabs, and sluffing.
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Expect these avalanches to start early on all slopes where the seasonal snow persists.