Parks Canada Mountain Safety Specialist Aaron Beardmore (UIAGM Guide) presents a snow profile from the Banff Jasper Hi way on NE aspect at tree line 090118
Thanks for this.. Was out this weekend near Healy Pass, and the surface hoar from the hot week was quite epic. 2 Inch inc crystals littering the landscape.. :O
those facets are pretty shallow in the rockies. They're 120 cm down in the Northern Selkirks, Esplanade Range. Storm snow is definitely getting stiffer. Jan 10-13 we getting easy Rutschblock results on all aspects down 65 on a windcrust, and moderates on the facets down 120-130 cm.
HS actually went down 35 cm during the week to 170 cm from all of the settling.
Thanks for this.. Was out this weekend near Healy Pass, and the surface hoar from the hot week was quite epic. 2 Inch inc crystals littering the landscape.. :O
R4NTMag 3 years ago
those facets are pretty shallow in the rockies. They're 120 cm down in the Northern Selkirks, Esplanade Range. Storm snow is definitely getting stiffer. Jan 10-13 we getting easy Rutschblock results on all aspects down 65 on a windcrust, and moderates on the facets down 120-130 cm.
HS actually went down 35 cm during the week to 170 cm from all of the settling.
Thanks!
CdnRockyMountaineer 3 years ago
Cool. Thanks for the update!
xc202 3 years ago