We expect to see a lot more avalanche activity on Saturday as this is the hottest day of the spring so far. Avoid all avalanche terrain once the snowpack heats up and be aware that a forecast inversion may be heating upper elevations faster.
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Detailed 10-Day Forecast
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New Snow
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Last 5 Days
Resort Reported at Friday Apr 16 @ 6:04am MDT
Snowfall History
| Mon 12 | Tue 13 | Wed 14 | Thu 15 | Fri 16 |
Current Weather
25°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at
Friday Apr 16 @ 11:01pm MDT
Terrain
84%
Area Open
134 of 160
Trails Open
10 of 10
Lifts Open
83"
Base Depth
Spring Conditions
Resort reported at Friday Apr 16 6:04am MDT
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Snow report provided by SnoCountry
Daily Snow Forecasts
Alberta
Sunny and Warm then Snow for Sunday
Updated 14 hours ago
High-pressure will deliver a couple of bluebird days Friday and Saturday along with warm spring temperatures across the entire Rockies. Big changes occur Saturday night into Sunday as a robust cold front advances north to south through the Rockies bringing accumulating snow in the 10 to 25cm range through last chair on Sunday. High-pressure returns for the first half of next week.
Mountain Collective
2020-2021 Season Recap
Updated 2 days ago
Memorable storm cycles and snowpack updates for every Mountain Collective destination. OpenSnow forecasts for every ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere. Weekly updates return in November 2021.
US and Canada
Snowy pattern for Colorado, Central Rockies
Updated 2 days ago
An active pattern across the Central Rockies will result in multiple days in a row of new snow with mid-April powder days possible for ski areas that are still open. New England will also see a bonus late-season storm on Friday and Saturday with heavy snow for portions of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
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.
Snowpack Discussion
Surface crusts present on solar aspects and all aspects up to 2200 m in the morning, quickly turning to wet snow as the day warms up. High elevation north aspects still holding dry snow. Several persistent layers exist in the mid to lower snowpack from earlier in the winter that may become active layers again over the next 48 hr as things heat up.
Avalanche Activity
On Friday explosive control on the 93 S produced good results up to size 3 with small slabs at treeline gouging into deeper layers at lower elevations and running full path. Widespread natural loose wet avalanche activity up to size 2 was also observed at all elevations. We expect avalanche activity to increase on Saturday.Â
More Details
To get the complete forecast with additional graphics and details, please view the Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks forecast provided by Parks Canada.
