Skied to the 1500 m observation site on the E side of Hudson Bay Mountain
today. Temperatures were -1.5 at 1100 m and -4 at 1500 m. It was snowing
moderately off an on through the morning. The height of snow is now 140 to 170
cm. The fracture lines from the 24 January cycle and bombing were snowed in.
It appeared that nothing much moved since then, but there was a widespread
cycle on the 24th.
We dug a pit in a shallow area. There are several instabilities in the storm
snow. We found a surface hoar layer 60 cm down. The surface hoar was heavily
rounded, but still recognizable.
Strong wind was reported at the ski hill yesterday. We were able to ski cut
about 15 cm down with good propagation where there was wind effect. This
increases at higher elevations.
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Christoph Dietzfelbinger, Mountain Guide
Bear Mountaineering and the Burnie Glacier Chalet
Box 4222 Smithers B.C. Canada V0J 2N0
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