Avalanche Forecast
Kananaskis Country, Alberta Parks
Tuesday is forecast to be the hottest day of the week. The avalanche hazard will deteriorate quickly with the impact of the sun. Avoid exposure to large solar slopes.
Avalanche Problem 1: Loose Wet
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid sun exposed slopes when the solar radiation is strong, especially if snow is moist or wet.
- Avoid ice climbs exposed to steep rocky terrain on solar aspects during the middle of the day.
Avalanche Problem 2: Wind Slabs
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Most prominent along lee features.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid steep lee and cross-loaded slopes
Avalanche Problem 3: Deep Persistent Slabs
What Elevation?
Which Slopes?
Chances of Avalanches?
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Cornices could start to fail if they see a lot of sun. These kinds of large triggers could cause the deep layers to fail.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- Be aware of the potential for full depth avalanches due to deeply buried weak layers.
Avalanche Summary
Several loose wet avalanches up to 1.5 on solar aspects.
Snowpack Summary
We are expecting Tuesday to be the warmest day of the week with freezing levels rising to 3000m. The avalanche hazard will deteriorate with the daytime heating. Avoid being near large sun exposed slopes.
Wind slabs are present in the alpine and isolated areas at tree line. Expect a melt freeze crust first thing in the morning and moist snow by mid day on solar aspects.
Weather Forecast
Tuesday is forecast for another sunny day with the freezing level going up to 3000m. Winds are suppose to be light out of the West. Wednesday will see more warming and the freezing level should reach 2500m. Snow is forecast for the latter part of the week.
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Solar aspects will have a crust in the morning and be moist by mid-day.