[MCR] Rockies, Mt. Lefroy and the snow

 As Steve Holeczi mentioned it is a white world above 2700m. I bailed off Lefroy around 9am as the snow was pounding down and sloughs were starting to get worryingly big.

 

The overnight snow was only 2 cms at Abbott pass but it was graupel and was not sticking to the rocks or the rock hard snow and ice. By early afternoon approximately 10cms had fallen with lots of wind. There will likely be some small and possibly touchy windslabs in the alpine and some power sloughs through the rest of today at least.

 

Larry Stanier

ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide

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