[MCR] Hankin today

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

I spent the day at Hankin NW of Smithers today. It snowed only 5 to 10 
cm there, and that slowed down from noon on. The upper wind shifted from 
S to NE during the day. A pit at 1300 m showed 10 cm of recent storm 
snow that sheared easily in several tests. I saw no persistent weak 
layers. There is still only 90-120 cm of snow at treeline, and many 
rocks are exposed. In the afternoon, we went to the west and climbed the 
valley below Cardiac Arrest. The ridges were strongly wind affected, 
with hard snow and sastrugi. We saw no recent avalanches, but the 
visibility wasn't great. I think that there are windslabs in isolated 
areas, but there has not been a lot of snow to blow around. Those thin 
windslabs are probably mostly in NE aspects, but the afternoon's NE 
winds will have built some in southerly aspects too. Below treeline, 
it's good skiing, but still pretty thin.

-- 
Christoph Dietzfelbinger
Mountain Guide