Conrad Janzen, Chris Gooliaff and I spent March 3-10 guiding in Sorcerer Lodge
in the northern Selkirks.
Ski quality was good all week and we received about a meter of snow in two
separate storms, with settlement rates in this storm snow in the 50% range.
Due to a touchy surface hoar layer probably now buried 70-100 cm deep we skied
either heavily forested terrain (no glades) or open slopes of less than 30
degrees with no overhead hazard.
We observed shooting cracks, whumpfing and avalanches size 1-3 every day.
Mark Klassen
ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide
Banff-Lake Louise, Canada
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