[MCR] Rockies, Guiness Gully and Guiness Stout

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Guided Guiness Gully and Stout today, March 14. A nice cool morning  
in Field, - 13 C. The 10- 30 centimetre snowpack leading to the first  
pitch was locked up with a moist snow surface that  had frozen hard  
overnight. The first pitch is getting beaten out and some 10 and 13  
centimetre ice screws are helpful.

Above the top pitch of Guiness Gully there is a good trail/otterslide  
leading to Guiness Stout. The snowpack deepens to between 75 - 100 cm  
below the Stout and the recent storm snow has settled to 10 cms of  
dry snow. I found the March 8 surface hoar layer yielding moderate  
hand shears, but felt there wasn't enough load, or slab, above it to  
slide.

The Stout is in good shape with lots of new ice surface given the  
cold night. The new layer of surface hoar had grown to 4 miliimetres  
on top of the climb.

We bumslid much of the trail from the Stout down to the walk off  
(skier's left) above Guiness Gully, and were able to bumslide much of  
the descent gully.

A beautiful day out there.

Happy trails,

Barry Blanchard
Mountain Guide
www.barryblanchard.ca



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