Ski touring up Forster Creek above the Dave White hut area
at treeline there is a layer down about 55 cm in a 150 cm snowpack that is
becoming more reactive to skier traffic on south aspects, which are now cross
loaded from the recent wind event but this disappears quickly once in the
trees. Snowmobilers in the area high-marking on steep leeward loaded
slopes above Whirlpool
Lake and also on Catamount
Glacier surprisingly did not result in any avalanche activity that we could
see.
We did see a couple of natural avalanches size 1.5 on
leeward slopes from cornice failures during the wind that accompanied the cold
front while up in Jumbo Creek on Sunday; otherwise, very similar findings to
Dave Cochrane and party south of the Bugaboo Lodge. Skiing in the trees
was fabulous, and the views – incredible!
Cheers,
Kirk Mauthner; Mountain Guide
Basecamp Innovations Ltd
PO Box 399
Invermere, BC Canada
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ph/fax (250) 342-6042