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Hi Folks, Hard to believe but its true, there is great early season skiing in the Selkirks. Up on McRae Peak today, parked at 5700 ft (couldn’t quite make it to the parking lot proper), 0c at 8am, 30-50cm of HS. Skied car to car without, remarkably, hitting wood or stone. The HS around 7000ft is a healthy 1m. 5cm of HN overlying 1cm knife hard rain crust overlying 20cm of 1 finger plus settling snow that overlies around 70cm of pencil hard rounds to ground. Dry for the top 15cm, then moist for the rest of the pack. The alpine is smooth (see pics) and carries very well. Ski pen was about 5cm, offered great skiing in the open – by the time we were heading home (around noon) the heat was starting to get at the snowpack in the trees and it was isothermal in many areas so it required some careful skiing. Its hot here in Revelstoke today (around 12degrees at 3pm) so I don’t know if I’d be rushing back up there right now, but the pocket glacier up there looked very inviting and will likely remain cool. Ski good or eat wood. Ian Tomm Asst. Ski Guide. ------ End of Forwarded Message
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