[MCR] Surprise Pass

Subject: [MCR] Surprise Pass
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:13:06 -0600

Went to Surprise Pass yesterday and found up to 35cm of recent new snow on a melt-freeze crust (in lower elevation much less and moist new snow on a raincrust), which was well supportive except for the last few meters of skiing down to Lake Louise late in the afternoon. Lots of old fracture lines from last week’s avalanche cycle and the steep southern aspect avalanche chutes above the trail to the Plain of Six Glaciers were coming alive in the afternoon with radiation warming.

 

Overall good travel conditions and surprisingly good skiing quality on the northern aspect coming off Surprise Pass with only little wind effect, but some old avalanche debris towards the bottom.   

 

Happy trails,

 

Jorg Wilz

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