[MCR] Rockies, Tryst Lake, Kananaskis country Nov, 22nd, 2012

Subject: [MCR] Rockies, Tryst Lake, Kananaskis country Nov, 22nd, 2012
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:56:13 -0700
White world in K-country right now. All this recent snow seemed to fall with 
little or no wind. 

 Poor travel below 2100m in the cutblocks and avalanche runouts with way too 
many xmas trees and not enough snow yet. Above that, in the open and in mature 
timber the travel was excellent up and down. Upper south face(Super Slope) was 
good skiing and felt fine since we avoided the big rolls and gullies in the 
upper part. The runout was just plain awful until we fought our way out of the 
xmas trees and into the big timber.

Snow profile in a sheltered spot around 2200m on an east aspect showed 140cm of 
snow and no consistent failure planes. The Nov. 6th raincrust was there about 
40cm above the ground but in this one location the bond was strong to the snow 
above it. We did have a couple of small settlements and it has snowed a lot in 
a short time, so I would continue to ease into the terrain until more 
observations allow us to have a better sense of what is going on.

Conditions will change in a hurry if the wind comes up. And it usually does in 
Kcountry.

Larry Stanier
ACMG Mountain Guide
laristan@xxxxxxxxx
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