>From the last field trip above my mining project, here is a report on the
conditions we found. Temperatures were -5.5 at 1900 m at 0900 with strong
southerly winds and light snowfall. Surfaces were very hard which made for
marginal travelling even with ski crampons on and heels down. We dug a pit
that showed rising snow temperatures - just a bit warmer than -2 for most of
the 150 cm - with a strongly frozen lid on top. We found hard shears 8 cm and
85 cm down in a snowpack that alternates between hard crusts and finger hard
facetted layers. We experienced one whumpf in a shallow snowpack area at 1600
m and saw no new avalanches. Skiing quality was fair at best.
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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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tel. 250-847-3351 fax 250-847-2854
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