It is currently winter in the alpine along the Rockies Divide. Amounts vary
widely but a rough estimate would be around 25cm of snow in a sheltered
location at 2800m. Last night, I would estimate that the wind blew around
100-125 km/hr at the pass and that certainly moved some snow around!! No
reactive windslabs on the slope below the hut but I would feel pretty lonely up
on Victoria or Lefroy right now!
Good travel with the new snow up to the hut but then there is bad news-no more
firewood. Damn!! It was -2c in the hut when we got there and it was stupidly
cold all night as we portioned out the last lonely little log.
Larry Stanier
ACMG Mountain Guide
laristan@xxxxxxxxx
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