While people in southern B.C. are trembling in their boots, it looks
like the Howsons are setting up for their usual deep and stable
snowpack. I have not been around much yet, but there are few signs of
instability, and the few ski tests I have done did not produce anything.
There are 170 cm at the lodge and 270 cm at 1300 m. There is quite a bit
of wind effect, but so far I have not seen it produce propagation,
whumpfs or slides. Overall coverage is very good, with creeks now
drifting in, and the skiing quality is compromised only by deep ski
penetration.
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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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