I have been out touring the past few days in the Vermilion peak area in Kootenay national park and around Bow lake up the icefields parkway. Other than the generally well settled “Rockies” snowpack that everyone seems to be talking about we also found quite a bit of variability
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I spent the day skiing NE aspects on Bow Peak today with friends Ben and Will, up to 2650m elevation.
Temps ranged from -15 to -8, overcast throughout. Compression tests demonstrated moderate to hard shears 35cms and 95 cms down in the snowpack. The midpack seemed quite strong, the warm temps
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We have posted our first Weekly Summary, Weather Outlook, and Conditions Outlook blogs. On the bulletins page, click on the Weekly Summary, Weather Outlook, and Conditions Outlook links at the bottom of the list in the left panel or click on the Know More tab found at the bottom of all our
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Myself and Chris Miller just finished up the field portion of a Yamnuska AST2 course. We spent three days exploring the common areas around Bow Lake. We were lucky enough to see new snow throughout the course and with that a slight swing in avalanche hazard. For the most part what we saw
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Flew past today the Garibaldi Neve today. No tracks. Attached is a pic of the glacier crux. -8deg at 8000ft at noon.
Cheers connyMG
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During a set-up day at Burnie, I skied to the Solitaire Meadows. it was snowing heavily most of the day. The lodge received 23 cm today and sits at 219. I heard several medium sized avalanches from the Hut Cliffs, but ski cutting of steep pockets led only to sluffing. The temperatures are
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Parks Canada will be conducting avalanche control Saturday, Dec.31 on:Mt. BosworthMt.FieldMt.Stephen
No outdoor activities in these areas, thank you for your cooperation.
Stephen HolecziParks Canada Visitor Safety ProgramsBanff/Yoho/Kootenay National
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Happy Holidays,
I had the pleasure of skiing S aspects off The Pulpit today with friends Josh, Alex and Darren.
Between 2300-2400m, we found the Height of Snow to be about 2.1m. A Compression Test yielded the following results: CTE 3 down 10 cm (new storm snow), CTM 16 down 60cm (storm snow
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Outstanding skiing today at Crowfoot Trees. About 30 cm of recent storm snow on top of a firm midpack. No whumpfing or cracking although you would think there is a significant load on the facetted base now. No wind effect in this area but at ridge top there was transport and numerous large
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I hope this finds Everyone keeping well and enjoying the Holiday season. I spent the day touring in the Oboe Basin area of the Fitzsimmons Range. Here are some of the things I noted: It has been great to finally receive some new snowfall. The new snow that has fallen seems to amount to
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