Burnie Glacier Chalet Conditions Report

Over the course of the last week Christoph Dietzfelbinger and I guided a group at the Burnie Glacier Chalet in the Howson Range. The mountains received a small reset the day we arrived totalling approximately 10 cm of low density snow. The unsettled weather continued through Saturday and limited solar input on solar aspects. The new snow fell with little wind and provided excellent travel conditions throughout the week.

At 1400m, the height of snow was 290 cm and at the lodge elevation 1000m, the HS hovered around 181cm of the entire week. The snowpack was well settled.

Coverage on the glaciers was exceeded three meters and crevasses were well bridged in most places which made for fantastic travel. However some bergschrunds and crevasse bridges were starting to sag with the moderate temperatures.
 

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