[MCR] Coast Mountains, Russet lake area conditions

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Camped at Russet Lake Hut we made ascents/descents of nearby features
including Whirlwind Peak from Mar 30th to Apr 2nd, 2015.

The trip started very stormy with high freezing levels (up to 2000m) and
strong winds from the

SW. The winds peaked on the first evening and then subsided. This  trend
was accompanied by

falling temperatures and light snow falls up to 15 cm. The unsettled
airmass remained with us

for a couple days and eventually cleared on the last morning of the trip
only to deteriorate again

late in the day.

Travel conditions were generally good, initially with wet snow surfaces
which changed to

supportable crust after the freezing levels lowered. In the following day
we experienced a

compact upper snowpack at higher elevations with good powder skiing.

We observed a number of size 2 cornice falls and some size 3 avalanches on
distant peaks that

appeared to have failed during the height of the warm temperatures during
the storm. Easy to

moderate snowpack test results in thin surface layers were present. The
March 11 is generally

buried down 1.5m and produced hard results.

Les Manley

Apprentice Ski Guide

Whistler Alpine Guides
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