Castle Mountain Cat Skiing - Powder Stagecoach

Alberta Canada

Forecast Point 5,712 ft • 49.2972, -114.4176

Avalanche Forecast

Avalanche Forecasts are for use by experienced backcountry travelers in uncontrolled sidecountry and backcountry terrain. These forecasts and conditions do not apply to open, in-bounds terrain at ski resorts, which is subject to avalanche control by local resort ski patrol.

Avalanche Rating

Low (1)

Valid Sat Dec 14 5:00pm MST 10 hours ago Until Sun Dec 15 5:00pm MST

Assess steep terrain for wind slab and ride one at a time.

The best riding conditions will be found in wind-sheltered terrain.

More Detail

To get the complete forecast with additional graphics and details, please view the Avalanche Canada Zone forecast provided by Avalanche Canada.

Snowpack Discussion

Up to 5 to 10 cm of snow is expected to have fallen on Saturday and it's likely redistributed now by strong southwest wind. This now sits on a crust on south slopes, wind-affected snow in exposed areas and hard snow in lees.

The snowpack depth varies greatly as well, windward slopes may only have 50 cm on them while leeward slopes could have as much as 150 cm.

Check out this MIN from the South Rockies Field team on Friday.

Avalanche Activity

No new avalanches have been reported since Tuesday.