Avalanche warning issued for Yoho, Kootenay parks due to ‘highly volatile’ conditions [Video]

Avalanche Canada is warning backcountry users of dangerous conditions throughout the province as we head into the weekend.

The agency has issued a special public warning for the central Rockies saying there have been several large avalanches over the last two weeks.

It says two slides have been fatal and the snowpack “remains primed for human-triggering.”

The warning covers Yoho and Kootenay parks in B.C., as well as Banff and Jasper national parks and the Kananaskis area in Alberta.

The agency says weak layers have been buried under up to 90 centimetres of snow dumped by recent storms, with more fresh snow on the way.

Natural avalanche activity is beginning to taper off, but it says the storm snow will perpetuate “an unstable and highly volatile situation.”

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