[MCR] Rogers Pass

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

We just finished 5 days in Rogers Pass, skiing in the Connaught,  
Asulkan, Hermit and Bostock zones. We haven't been at higher  
elevations since Wednesday but suspect that there will be some soft  
windslabs on crossloaded and immediate lee slopes at treeline and in  
the alpine. We found no significant avalanche concerns in all the  
areas we visited but we steered clear of where the wind would have  
affected the snow.

The exception to this is that we are still leaving steep, complex  
alpine terrain alone due to continuing concern over the weak facet  
layers at the base of the snowpack at high elevation areas but we  
felt that many of the regular alpine ski lines were OK.

Avalanche conditions may change with the coming storm bringing snow  
and warm temperatures but the absence of layers in the present  
snowpack could mean the coming instabilities may be short lived.

Oh, and the skiing was faaantastic.

Mark Klassen
Mountain Guide
photos at www.facebook.com/alpinism


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