[MCR] Spray Traverse, K-Country

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

We skied from Burstall Pass parking lot over Tent Ridge via the "Spray
Traverse" today. Excellent conditions. See attached for photos.

A low of -14 C in the parking lot at 6:30 am, and a high of +1 C at the
road when we left at 2:00 pm. Supportive crust carried right to the car in
the afternoon.

With the cold temperatures things held together very well all day despite
intense sun and clear skies. No natural avalanche activity or snowballing
of note.

Up to 40 cm of recent storm snow in the alpine with virtually no wind
effect over the past couple of days, with an additional 5 cm or so
overnight. This appears to be well settled with no cracking or shearing
noted on the underlying melt-freeze crusts. We skied very steep rolls into
Tryst Lake; fast hard sloughing noticed here on the steepest lines. Dry
snow surfaces, moistening on steep solar aspects starting late in the
morning.

A recent size 2.0 slab avalanche off Tent Ridge, South aspect at about
treeline level on a crossloaded feature down about 60 cm, probably occurred
last 48 hours.

We rated hazard today as Low / Low / Low, rising slightly late in the
afternoon with heating on solar aspects.

Regards,

Tom Wolfe
Conrad Janzen
Mountain Guides ACMG/IFMGA
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