[MCR] it's going off

Subject: [MCR] it's going off
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:19:10 +0000

We are receiving reports that experienced backcountry travellers are pulling the plug early today and coming home due to avalanche concerns. In the Purcells, Selkirks, and Monashees at least and maybe other places it looks like all those slopes that have been hanging on by their fingernails are letting go and it’s going off out there. Some folks are saying they are remote triggering 20 degree slopes from 70m away on surface hoar. This may be just the beginning so heads up.

 

 

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Karl Klassen – Manager

Public Avalanche Warning Service

Canadian Avalanche Centre | P.O. Box 2759 | 110 Mackenzie Ave.

Revelstoke, BC Canada | V0E 2S0
kklassen@xxxxxxxxxxxx | www.avalanche.ca |  Skype: karlklassen

Phone: 250.837.2141 ext. 227 | Mobile: 250.814.8981 | Fax: 866-366-2094

 

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