- Submitted by
- Parks Canada Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 23:00
- Location
- 50.983280° N 115.978660° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
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Comments
The Jan 24 surface hoar layer has become a significant avalanche problem in Kootenay as the slab over the weak layer has developed. Cracks are now easily propagating, avalanches to size 2 have been triggered this week, and avalanches have been observed in dense forest. And now a storm will add to this. Heads up; although the weak layer is one month old, the problem is coming to life now.
