[MCR] Athabasca avalanches

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Spent the day today on the lower north glacier do some training with 
a large group. snow was quite mushy with little signs of a freeze 
overnight. Snowpack was quite mushy where the snowpack was 1 metre or 
less. Difficult travel.....

Rainy in the am but clearing later with moderate to strong gusty 
winds at upper elevations. A few centimeters of new snow on the rocks 
above 2600 metres. Higher up on the big peaks there is a lot of new 
snow. There is certainly more snow on Athabasca now than last year at 
the same time, and more than a week ago.

We from a 3rd parth of an  ice avalanche off the smaller seracs on 
the right of the Silverhorn which are visible in the picture. this 
was supposedly a few days ago.

As well at almost exactly 500pm a few of us witnessed a good size 
2-2.5 avalanche off of the Silverhorn route. Good air-born powder 
cloud and debris to the bottom of the Nunatak left of Silverhorn. 
Fracture line is about 2/3rds the way up the face.

Looks like some other rain triggered activity here and there on the 
drive back to Jasper.

Peter Amann.


Peter Amann
Jeremy Mackenzie
pamann at incentre.net
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