Extreme avalanche risk in B.C., Alberta leads to warnings from Parks Canada

BANFF, Alta. — Heavy snowfall, warm temperatures and high winds have led to an extreme avalanche risk in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper national parks.
The daily avalanche bulletin for the mountain parks in Alberta and B.C. says they have received between 25 and 45 centimetres of snow in the past few days and it’s overloading a weak layer from mid-December.
Officials say the danger rating forecast for today is extreme, which means people should avoid all avalanche terrain because n