[MCR] Hudson Bay Mountain

Subject: [MCR] Hudson Bay Mountain
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:33:51 -0800
First field day for avalanche control on the E slope of Hudson Bay Mountain. Clear and -14 at 1100 m at 1000 hrs, no snow. Broken, light NW wind, -11 degrees at 1230 hrs at 1550 m.

Snow profile on SE aspect at 1550 m showed 43 cm of snow. Sequence of crust and soft facetted layers. Resistant planar shears were near ground and below first crust 13 cm down, both in large facets. There is a strong temperature gradient and some depth hoar is visible.

Hudson Bay Mountain is below threshold for skiing and for avalanches. There was some old debris in the North Kathlyn Path.

The ice in Glacier Gulch seems well formed and safe for climbing. There are reports that it is thin in places.

Snow is expected starting tonight.

Christoph Dietzfelbinger
Mountain Guide, Bear Mountaineering and Burnie Glacier Chalet
Box 4222
Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0 Canada
tel. 250-847-3351 fax: 250-847-2854
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