The slack weather of the last two weeks ended today with 6 mm of water
equivalent at the lodge, and more forecast. So far, the new snow sits on
solid crusts and what slides is not very much. We heard and saw numerous
size 1 to 2.5 natural avalanches off the rock faces of Hut Cliffs. Ski
cutting of moist new snow at treeline and below released 10 cm thick
slabs that ran slowly. In the alpine, there is strong wind effect from
the South. Temperatures were -4 degrees at 2200 m and -2 degrees at 1650
m in the pm. With more precipitation, the storm snow will likely stiffen
and slabs will propagate more easily. The stability has become worse and
the danger higher.
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Christoph Dietzfelbinger
IFMGA/ UIAGM Mountain Guide - Bear Mountaineering and the Burnie Glacier Chalet
Box 4222 Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0 Canada
tel. 250-847-3351/ fax 250-847-2854
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.bearmountaineering.ca
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