[MCR] Columbia Mountains, Rogers Pass

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

My Fellow Guide, Matt Mueller, and I were camped with a group on the  
treed benches below the Triangle Moraine from Sunday April 3rd until  
Wednesday April 6th. It snowed pretty much the whole time from Sunday  
afternoon until Wednesday morning. 10 to 20 cms of new snow every 24  
hours. Lots of clearing snow away from our tents.

We found a resistant planar shear yielding hard results on  
compression tests, and a hard result that did not propagate on an  
extended column test (http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
v=rwXW7NIzlBo&feature=related). Both tests produced this resistant  
planar shear down about 70 cms on April 4th, I'd guess this layer to  
be down about 1 meter now.

We skied multiple runs on the Triangle Moraine slope and made a tour  
to the Asulkan Hut, and onto Asulkan Pass, on April 5th. Skies were  
overcast and obscured for most of our stay. We didn't venture too  
high, or very steep.

The skiing was really good.

Happy trails,

Barry Blanchard
UIAGM/IFMGA Mountain Guide
http://www.barryblanchard.ca
http://www.yamnuska.com
barryb3 at telus.net
1 403 609 4615
cell 1 403 609 1321













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