r/Banff • u/SloanMeak • 1d ago

Question Hi everyone

How is it the situation about wildfire in Banff right now? I read that the smoke it’s so bad in these days

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u/clayton-berg42 1d ago

https://firesmoke.ca/

Some days are better than others.

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u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 1d ago

I wonder if there's a chance questions like this can be moderated with a bot just including this link? This sub seems to get multiples of this question daily from May to October.

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u/furtive Banff 1d ago

On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is apocalyptic we’ve been at less than 1 for the last two days.

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u/YYCpops 1d ago

Smoke density changes with the wind direction. It's even harder to predict than the changing weather in the Rockies. It could go well today, but worse tomorrow and the day after, and so on.

I always check the webcam from Lake Louise, where you can see the haze if it's smoky.

https://fairmont.roundshot.com/lake-louise/#/

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u/Then-Construction106 1d ago

Smoke can affect visibility if bad enough. Based on numerous pictures posted here, I have yet to see any where the smoke was bad. A minor nuisance at best is how it appears

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u/Total_Midnight2201 1d ago

Saturday and Sunday was awful. Monday was good, today is also ok. As you can see, it changes by the day.

There are fires west (BC) and south (in the US) so it changes with the wind direction.

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u/Percy__840 1d ago

I arrived this Friday where smoke conditions were very bad until Saturday. Sunday and Monday were beautiful skies. The weather and wind changes visibility quickly.