[MCR] Northern Selkirks

Subject: [MCR] Northern Selkirks
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:33:54 -0600
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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