[MCR] Rockies, Crowfoot Pass

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Guided a ski tour to Crowfoot Pass today, March 31. We parked on the  
highway and went direct into the drainage to the northwest of Bow  
Peak. About 30 cms of new snow. Good travel to treeline. At treeline  
we got two large whumpfs and settlements on low angle ground. I could  
see no safe way to gain the pass via the large open slopes and bowls  
next to Bow Peak so we decided to shoosh back into the trees. There  
is a size 1.5 slab avalanche out at treeline on the NW ridge of Bow  
Peak. I assume that it was a slab that went during the March 28/29th  
storm. I could see another slab out higher up that looked to be the  
same deal -March 28,29. While climbing back up to do some yo-yoing I  
spotted a small morraine 500 meters to the NW. We traversed along a  
bench at treeline to it, and were able to gain the large bench that  
leads to Crowfoot Pass by it, with 10 meters of boot pack facette  
wallowing (hip deep coarse sugar snow). We toured to Crowfoot Pass  
and retraced our tracks down with some fine boot top powder skiing  
along the way. Numerous storm slabs size 1-2 out on the big rock wall  
NE of Crowfoot Glacier.

Happy trails,

Barry Blanchard
Mountain Guide
www.barryblanchard.ca



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