[MCR] Ski Conditions Bald Hills Jasper

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

A warming trend yesterday in Jasper  encouraged me to have a look at 
ski conditions in the Maligne Lake area.

The snowpack at the parking lot at Maligne lake is about 10cm of weak 
recrystallized snow.

I started to notice an ice crust near the ground at about 1700 metres 
which kept your bases off the ground.

At 2200 metres the snowpack is about 35cm. I never probed more than 
40cm in my travels up to about 2350m. A soft slab  and some wind 
affected surface snow was observed above treeline but the recent cold 
temperatures have faceted the upper slab making is skiable.
There was no evidence of any recent avalanche activity. The skiing at 
and above treeline is OK and the basal crust provides some support 
and good glide.

The fire road is in pretty good shape for descending, considering the 
depth, and there has been enough traffic to make getting down reasonable.

I would not want to ski down anywhere below 1800 metres on anything 
but the fire road right now, due to the shallow pack and visible 
ground features.

With care and common sense there are a few turns to enjoy, and it is 
nice to slowly get back into winter mode.

Peter Amann



Peter Amann
Mountain Guiding
www.incentre.net/pamann/

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