[MCR] Kicking Horse Back Country

Skied in the Mollars area in the Kicking Horse slack country Jan16/17. The late December surface hoar is down 40-60 cm now in below treeline to treeline elevations and VERY reactive. We observed numerous, heavy and widespread whumpfing, remote triggered a 2.5ish slab, and counted

3 other skier triggered 1.5-2ish slabs. Most of the snowpack below the surface hoar layer is strongly faceted.

 

 

Thomas Exner

Mountain Guide (IFMGA / UIAGM)

 

 

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