[MCR] Raft Mountain - South Cariboos

Skied some chutes on the north side of Raft Mountain yesterday in the South Cariboos.

Rd 80 only driveable to just past Silvertip Falls.

Snowline is around 1600 m, a bit higher on direct south aspects. Still excellent coverage in the ski zone here, with around 2.0 m of a "mostly" homogenous snowpack at 1900m and good boot pack conditions.  A couple centimeters of new snow on Saturday night made for smooth spring skiing.

One size 3 slab avalanche on a large fan, N asp, looked about  a week old, slab fractured about 40 cm down then stepped to ground, filled up the creek drainage below with deep debris including freshly shed car size boulders. 150m wide X 300m long. Evidence of this gave me pause to ski similar slopes at this elevation and aspect do to the fact it started as a mid-pack slab. Cornices still hanging in there and a few wet loose slides from the recent new snow, to size 1.5 in steep skiable, running far on the crust. 

So, skiing conditions are still favorable with a solid overnight freeze.

Dana Foster

Ski Guide

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