Avalanche Forecast
Avalanche Bulletin - Jasper National Park
Icefields Parkway is closed from Saskatchewan Crossing to Athabasca Falls due to planned avalanche control.
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Avalanche Problem 1: Storm Slabs
What Elevation?
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid avalanche terrain during periods of heavy loading from new snow and wind.
Avalanche Problem 2: Wind Slabs
What Elevation?
Which Slopes?
Chances of Avalanches?
Expected Size?
Sensitive wind slabs building quickly at ridge tops and if triggered, has the potential to step down to the deeper instability.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid freshly wind loaded features.
- Avoid avalanche terrain during periods of heavy loading from new snow and wind.
Avalanche Problem 3: Persistent Slabs
What Elevation?
Which Slopes?
Chances of Avalanches?
Expected Size?
This is a complex problem which is hard to assess and predict. Give yourself a wide margin and make conservative terrain choices.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- Be aware of the potential for wide propagations.
- Be wary of slopes that did not previously avalanche.
Avalanche Summary
Field team on Sunday monitoring growing storm slab over the Black Friday crust down 35cms. No new avalanches observed on the crust but visibility poor above TL.
On Nov. 22nd a field team remote triggered 3 simultaneous size 2 persistent slabs 60-150m away on either side of the wind scoop at parkers ridge.
Snowpack Summary
30cm of recent storm snow over a 10cm hard crust with more coming. A persistent slab between 40cm - 150cm thick sits on the Halloween Crust, low in the snowpack. This crust can be found up to 2,700m depending on its location. Wind and storm slabs likely exist in the upper alpine.
Weather Forecast
15cm of storm snow with a further 15 to 20 cm forecasted overnight for Sunday. Snow to continue through until Tuesday afternoon. Cool alpine Temperatures up to -5. Strong to Moderate SW winds with gusty extreme winds to accompany this the remainder of the storm cycle.
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Building slabs over the Black Friday (Nov. 23rd) crust will continue to grow overnight and become more sensitive to light triggering by Monday morning. Extremely cautious travel is advised until the hazard subsides.