[MCR] Mt Hector

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

March 27, 2011

The lower canyon on the Mt Hector approach is debris-filled from large wet avalanches most likely from the warm spell last week..  Above the canyon cornices are quite large.  from the predominant W & SW winds.
For a big snow winter the upper moraines below the glacier are minefields of rocks covered with very little snow.   The trough above the moraines ( normal approach) is also covered with old debris from avalanches triggered by a small cornice fall which which in turn triggered the various  slabs on unsupported ledges on the E facing spur from Mt Hector.  At  around 2750m there is over 250cm HS.  The skiing on the upper glacier was excellent, although by sunday the 35cm Hst was settling into a soft slab which rests on a variable windcrusts.  It's still winter up high, and spring conditions on sun-exposed  slopes at lower elevations.

Greg Yavorsky
UIAGM Mountain Guide