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Hello,
Skied in the first slide path up Chickadee
Valley today. Did an extensive pit at the bottom of the path. Multiple moderate
compression test results down 35cm on a facetted crust layer and hard
compression test results down 70cm in depth hoar. Both failures gave broken
shears. A Rutschblock test gave a score of 6 with a failure of less
than half the block (broken shear). Southerly aspect.
This information was taken with a grain of
salt as on the other side of the Valley there were multiple recent size
2 avalanches. As we toured further up the path the crust down 35cm
became more pronounced and hand shears gave cleaner failures.
As in Karl's MCR this just shows the
difficulty in assessing the avalanche conditions right now.
Good ski quality on the way
down.
Keep your heads up,
Jesse de Montigny
Assistant Ski guide
Assistant Alpine Guide
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