| Subject: | [MCR] Black Prince / Kananaskis Provincial Park Wednesday Dec. 27 |
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| Date: | Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:50:44 -0700 |
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Went ski touring
today at Black Prince. About 25 - 30 cm of recent low density storm snow at
the end of the day with practically no wind (where we were = treeline and
below!) made for excellent skiing. At the turn around knob for the regular
Black Prince slope, we could see a smallish (sz. 1.5) natural soft slab release
in the alpine bowl up and climbers left of us. No skier triggering of slab
avalanches obeserved, but the lack of cohesiveness within the new snow
makes for pretty wild sluffing in steep terrain, which can well get you into
trouble if trees are in your way!
As we left around
4PM it continued to snow at about 2cm / hour. Driving on the Spray Lakjes road
was pretty adventurous too!
Cheers - enjoy the
turns with all the new snow!
Jorg Wilz
Mountain Guide (ACMG / IFMGA / UIAGM)
1-800 506-7177 or (001) 403 678
2717
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