Selkirk Mountains - Rogers Pass
- Little Sifton-Hermit Meadows Dec.21-07
Sunny skies and cold temps (-15 C in the Parking lot) made the
sunny Grizzly shoulder and Little Sifton quite an appealing objective.
Still major ski penetration (40-60+cm) off trail and
anywhere that has not been wind scoured – cool temps seemed to have
tightened up the storm snow instabilities but there is still a heck of a lot of
snow out there that has just hit the ground – so more time is needed for
things to truly start to settle out – ski quality is quite good and even
lower angled terrain skied well (maybe it was the freshly waxed skis).
Evidence of a recent cycle(last 24hrs) in the storm snow (see
photo) but I saw nothing very large or that appeared to step down to deeper instabilities
– definitely wind effect in the Alpine but sheltered areas were not so
badly hit.
Bound to be lots of people at the Pass during the holidays –
keep that in mind as overhead parties in avalanche terrain have become an issue
in this area – keep your eyes open.
Best of the Season to all,
Scott Davis
Best Ever Adventures
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