[MCR] Selkirks - Rogers Pass

Subject: [MCR] Selkirks - Rogers Pass
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:05:36 -0600
We've been skiing in Rogers Pass for the past 4 days, with one more day to go tomorrow.

We've been in Bonney Trees, Dome Glacier, Mushroom People, Little Sifton-Hermit Traverse, Illecillewaet glacier and Lookout Col.

The Feb 26 surface hoar has been observed down 75 cm and March 8 surface hoar down 30-40. We have observed variable shears on these layers.

We remotely triggered a size 1 slab in the Hermit area yesterday, SE aspect at 2200m, 35 cm thick. Suspected failure layer was March 8 surface hoar on a crust. Other than that we haven't seen any recent avalanches although there have been reports of a couple of other size 1-2 slabs.

Weather has been mixed sun and intense flurries with poor visibility at times. Typical March.

Mark Klassen
ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide







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