Up at the Bow Hut Area from June 21-25 with my colleague
Mike Trehearne. Up to 20cm of recent storm snow was building thin wind slabs
just below ridge crests. There was evidence of some old slab avalanches down to
glacier ice and solar induced point releases however, avalanche activity was
minimal in the period we were there. Travel on the glacier was generally ok
with boot top penetration and minimal post holing. There is still lots of
winter snow cover on the glacier and we had no issues with poking thru into
crevasses. Most ridge features still had large lingering cornices which
required a large berth.
Stay Safe
James Blench
James Blench
www.jamesblench.ca
(403)678-2576 home
(403) 678-7822 cell
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