Was back in the Aster lake area on April 8th till the 11th and had a good look
back at Mt Joffre.
The approach has the best coverage I have seen in some time and there are only
a few crevasses showing on the lower part of the glacier. The schrund is
fairly easy to see on the main part of the face.
There is a melt freeze crust on all aspects in this area except on true north
above 2500m. This crust was breaking down by 10-11am each day over the past
few days making early starts and early finishes a "must do". Ski crampons
would be good thing to have on the approach in and out from Upper Kananaskis
Lake as the crust in this area was 5-10cm thick in places.
We did see a few avalanches up to size 2 on solar aspects stepping down to
ground and numerous loose wet avalanches up to size 2.
Mike Koppang SG
Public Safety Specialist
Kananaskis Country, AB
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