[MCR] Coast Range - Tantalus/Clowhom

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Did a short flight over the Tantalus and into the Clowhom valley this
afternoon. 

 

As reported by others recently, conditions still appear quite wintry,
especially above 1200m. Trees on south aspects (down to 1500m) still covered
in snow at 3 PM. The snow looked to have some wind effect where exposed, but
suspect there is some nice snowsport activity to be had in more sheltered
terrain. Of particular note was the isolated and sporadic nature of recent
avalanche occurrences - I kind of expected to see more natural results. This
is likely a result of the inconsistent precip amounts from area to area in
the Easter weekend storm. (from 30mm to 80mm depending on where you were
measuring in the Sea to Sky area)

 

A few slides (Size 2-3) looked to be 24-48 hours old, but many were from
before Easter.  The avalanches that did run more recently appeared to be
running far due to avalanche tracks well filled in. There were no deep slabs
observed, but suspect the early season deep weakness could still produce
large results with either a large trigger in the right spot, or by stepping
down from a smaller avalanche. 

 

I am really wondering what will happen when we get the first real blast of
summer heat! 

 

Brian Gould

 

Near Clowhom Lk_lowrez.jpg

Avalanche near Clowhom Lake

 

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Alpha

 

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Serratus

 

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Tantalus

 

 

 

Brian Gould

 <mailto:bgould at avalancheservices.ca> bgould at avalancheservices.ca 

 

 

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