[MCR] Rockies: Columbia Icefields

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

A cast of dozens on Athabasca today. Good conditions all round with a  
hard radiation freeze on flatter ground but not quite as good on  
steeper slopes. Pretty good travel with the occasional post hole.

The recent storm snow has been cooked the past few days and is now  
crusted up. It reacted as a slab on solar aspects and ran as loose,  
wet avalanches on north aspects. We seem to be back into thaw  
instability issues but with the sporadic deeper slab wild card. Lots  
of cornices hanging around and falling off too.

Mark Klassen
Mountain Guide



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