Banff Sunshine

Alberta Canada

Forecast Point 7,001 ft • 51.0924, -115.7667

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.

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Warning! This is an outdated forecast.

Valid Mon Apr 28 5:00pm MDT 5 days ago Until Wed May 7 5:00pm MDT

Spring has sprung and daily avalanche forecasting is now over until the Fall.

Check the details section for helpful weather and condition links.

Many trails remain snow-covered and many popular trails are exposed to avalanche terrain. Adhere to safety signage at trailheads or check conditions with info centers or the trail report

More Detail

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

Snowpack Discussion

Even though it is spring, we can still get winter-like storms with corresponding avalanche problems. The deep persistent problem persists and we will likely continue to see large deep avalanches with heating, rain, or large triggers, such as cornice failures.

Click here for a description of the four spring potential avalanche scenarios.

Check the Avalanche Canada page for any recent MINs (mountain information network) or MCRs (directly mountain condition reports).

Avalanche Activity

Check the Avalanche Canada map page for any recent local MINs (mountain information network) or for MCRs click here: mountain condition reports.