I was up in Corbin Pass area which is located in the Selkirk Mountains about
45kms. east of Revelstoke yesterday.
The weather was mostly sunny with definite solar radiation effects on the
southerly aspects (some snowballs rolling and moist surface snow).
The snowpack was quite a bit shallower (mostly around 80cm. with a maximum
of 100cms. at 2100m.)than what I have been seeing in the Rogers Pass area
and considerably weaker as a result.
There was @ 30cm. of faceted snow over a weak and rotting crust (meaning
lots of faceting going on in and around the crust). There is not much of a
slab yet but when the load comes it will cause some problems in this area
for sure. Some surface hoar was observed (3-5mm) on the surface with
suncrusts forming on solar aspects from the daytime radiation.
Other than that it is hard to recommend that people head to Corbin as the
Alder down low is still pretty thick to say the least.
Tonight (Monday Dec.12) in Revy we had a tease of 2-3 cm. (kind of like a
rockies dump) - other than that not much in the outlook for snow coming our
way for the rest of the week.
Cheers,
Scott Davis
Mountain Guide
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