[MCR] Mt Hector

Subject: [MCR] Mt Hector
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:42:26 -0600
March 27, 2011

The lower canyon on the Mt Hector approach is debris-filled from large wet 
avalanches most likely from the warm spell last week..  Above the canyon 
cornices are quite large.  from the predominant W & SW winds.
For a big snow winter the upper moraines below the glacier are minefields of 
rocks covered with very little snow.   The trough above the moraines ( normal 
approach) is also covered with old debris from avalanches triggered by a small 
cornice fall which which in turn triggered the various  slabs on unsupported 
ledges on the E facing spur from Mt Hector.  At  around 2750m there is over 
250cm HS.  The skiing on the upper glacier was excellent, although by sunday 
the 35cm Hst was settling into a soft slab which rests on a variable 
windcrusts.  It's still winter up high, and spring conditions on sun-exposed  
slopes at lower elevations.

Greg Yavorsky
UIAGM Mountain Guide
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