[MCR] Rae Glacier Highwood Pass Kananaskis

Subject: [MCR] Rae Glacier Highwood Pass Kananaskis
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:03:21 -0500
Hello, Sunday and today (oct28&29) I skied Rae Glacier in the Highwood Pass area of Kananaskis Country. We were able to put skis on at the parking lot (1970m) where there was 8-10cm of snow. Average snow depth on the glacier was 55cm. This snow has been heavily wind affected. At 2750m we found: 40cm thick wind slab over a 1cm crust over 10cm of facets (loose, sugar-like snow grains) All this was overlaying Neve (Neve is last years snow that survived the summer)

Temp: +2 at 14:30 at 1970m. It was snowing 2cm/hour when we left the parking lot but quickly changed to rain by the time we reached king creek (1700m) Great to be back on skis!!
Neil Warren
ACMG Ski Guide
www.alpinethreadworks.com
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