[MCR] Southern Purcells

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

I spent yesterday with a few friends ski touring in the Southern
Purcells west of Kimberley. Here are some snowpack observations:

The snowpack was 110cm deep at 2000m and averaged about 170cm at our
high point of 2700m. A quick test profile at 2000m showed 35 cm of moist
snow under a 10 cm thick rain crust from early November, with 75 cm of
settling storm snow above the crust. Some small surface hoar to 4 mm was
observed on the surface. No major weaknesses were noted: there were a
few resistant shears in the upper 40cm of storm snow and the rain crust
seemed to be bonding well to the overlying snowpack.

Ski quality was great at treeline elevations; above this the snow was a
bit variable, ranging from light powder to tricky wind slab. 

Jeff Volp
Ski Guide 


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