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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