[MCR] Rockies- Snow along the Lake Louise/O'Hara divide Sept.11th, 2010.

Subject: [MCR] Rockies- Snow along the Lake Louise/O'Hara divide Sept.11th, 2010.
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:29:32 -0600
Climbed Grassi Ridge on friday. It WAS dry. Snow line was pretty dramatic at 
around 2800m on the rock and to the toe of all the glaciers. Obviously a lot of 
recent snow above that elevation and we saw no melting at all even during the 
few hours of sun. A few loose snow avalanche deposits were visible on all 
moderately steep open slopes we could see. 

It started raining hard around 5pm friday night, rained most of the night and 
at 9am this morning(saturday) snow was just starting to stick to the ground at 
Lake O'Hara(2000m). YUKK!! Lots of wind during the previous day and overnight. 
I would assume windslabs are rather a big deal in the Lake Louise/O'Hara alpine 
right now. 

Larry Stanier
ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide
laristan@xxxxxxxxx
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