[MCR] Kananaskis - Black Prince and Highwood Pass

Subject: [MCR] Kananaskis - Black Prince and Highwood Pass
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:21:53 -0700
Hi MCR Subscribers, 

On Tuesday I skied with friends during the storm in the vicinity of Black 
Prince. We skied easterly slopes treeline and below. We observed 10-20cms of 
new storm snow. On aspects below 30 degrees, the storm snow was well bonded. On 
aspects greater than 30 degrees, we saw cracking and one propagation 50m into 
40 degree terrain. This was below treeline in a 10cm slab.

Today we skied north and south aspects in the vicinity of Highwood Pass at 
treeline and below. Below treeline the snowpack averaged 70cm. At treeline, it 
was between 10-40cm. The storm snow appeared well bonded to the midpack 
although two independent compression tests produced moderate resistant planar 
results 40cm down. We also observed sluffing of the top 10cm of storm snow in 
steeper terrain. There was plenty of evidence of wind transport particularly on 
the scoured easterly aspects. Temperatures hovered around -10C throughout the 
day. 

Brent Peters
Alpine Guide
Apprentice Ski Guide
PeakStratagem.com

JPEG image

Looking back up towards Pocaterra. We skied terrain in the trees on the left. 
Above treeline there is less than 10cm of snow.

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