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            <title><![CDATA[Lost Ski at the Keith&#039;s Hut Pullout]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I somehow managed to forget one of my skis (yellow dps with dynafits) in the parking pullout for the cerise creek trail on the night of friday decemeber the 19th. Posting here out of sheer foolish optimism that someone has picked it up, or seen it, and is looking for the owner!]]></description>
            <pubDate>2014-12-22 15:11:14</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New trail for Joffre Lakes (and some fresh snow!)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Out here on the coast, we went from a sunny week in the low 20s in t-shirts to ... snow! And just like that, the summer alpine hiking season looks like it might be over.&amp;nbsp;
(Pic below from Tuesday when it was still feeling like summer)

If you haven&amp;#39;t been to Joffre Lakes this summer, it&amp;#39;s going to seem a lot different next visit. It looks like someone took a giant spatula and smoothed out the forest floor into a long smooth strip of dirt all the way from the parking lot to the second lake. The obstacle course of roots and rocks has been replaced by stairs and a brand new route up as well. It&amp;#39;s a very quick trip up to the third lake now - took us less than an hour. The way down is one big mud slide however, which might slow you down a bit.

On the upside, the new trail has better views of the second Joffre Lake, as it now wraps around the shore for longer, and the section from the second to third lake takes you past a beautiful waterfall. On the downside, there are even more frighteningly unprepared people milling around at higher elevations than ever before so I am curious to see if the new trail actually improves the safety record here, or just moves the accidents further up the trail. Time will tell.
(Pic from Saturday, now it&amp;#39;s definitely feeling like late fall.)


It was awesome to see the fresh snow everywhere this weekend. The alpine was a blanket of white around Coast Mountains and Duffey Lake Rd. I think I could hear the cries of joy all the way from Whistler.]]></description>
            <pubDate>2014-10-14 11:20:49</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hiking Mt Rohr]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mt Rohr is a great destination for ski touring, and in summer the area is just as spectacular for hiking. Just south of the salt shed at the top of the Duffy Lake Rd is a logging road that serves as the access point to Wendy Thompson Hut, Mt Rohr, and a number of other touring/hiking areas.

The picture above is of Rohr Lake. The trails winds along the shoreline, then ascends up above the lake, and onto the Rohr summit. The entire approach is scenic starting in a beautiful forest lower down, then passing through a beautiful meadow and over a boudler field to the lake. The mud is ankle/shin deep in a number of places.. bring gators!
After the lake, you&amp;#39;ll find yourself in beautiful alpine terrain, with an epic view of Joffre to your right (below).

The hike up is an easy scramble, with just a few scree/talus sections, and this is what awaits you at the summit:

Duffy Lake is the bit of green way down at the bottom. This glacier had a couple of tunnels with snow pouring out - it was quite the sight to behold.
This whole area is just gorgeous. I can&amp;#39;t wait to go explore the Marriot side, opposite Mt Rohr next visit. With endless ridges, it looks like there are weeks of adventuring to be had around here.&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
            <pubDate>2014-08-05 11:16:40</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Joffre Lakes in Summer: Trail Report]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It&amp;#39;s been a while since I wrote about Joffre Lakes on Trail Tuesday. I had a great day here with my dog, and wanted to share some photos.

The trail is still under construction past the first big boulder field, so you&amp;#39;ll be following the existing route up through rocks, roots and a whole lot of mud. I arrived back at the truck with mud up to my knees and the dog was completely covered, so gators would be a smart idea.
There&amp;#39;s no snow anywhere on the trail, and it&amp;#39;s also completely disappeared from the lake area. We hiked up the faint trail past the campground to just under the cliff bands above the lake, then down to the waterfall. Heading up above the lake is a good idea if the crowds make you anxious, as this is one well loved place during summer, especially on a sunny holiday weekend. We were completely alone past the campground, and watched as short rain storms blew through, followed by patches of sunshine.
No matter what the month or season or weather, Joffre Lakes never disappoints. It&amp;#39;s one of my favorite places, and it&amp;#39;s got to be one of the most beautiful spots anywhere in the Sea to Sky area.




Happy Canada Day!]]></description>
            <pubDate>2014-07-01 09:40:50</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Joffre Lakes in Winter: Trail Report]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I live fairly close to Joffre Lakes, and get to spend a lot of time here, summer and winter. My dog starts to cry in the truck when we get close on the road. We both love this place.
Usually visiting Joffre Lakes in winter involves a bit of luck, as the parking lot is not plowed with the highway; it gets plowed intermittently. Either there are a few cars blocking the entrance, or you need to dig yourself a parking spot with your avi shovel. This year however, due to the lack of snow, it&amp;#39;s actually been much easier to visit this place.
If have seen only a couple of skin tracks on the trail in the past few weeks, as the ski down would be absolutely awful. Usually you can ski up or down the river, but it&amp;#39;s still flowing and there&amp;#39;s not even close to enough snow so you&amp;#39;ll need to pick your way down through all kinds of obstacles instead.
If you&amp;#39;ve got a set of snowshoes, it&amp;#39;s incredible up there right now though. The trail is accessible with boots, but you&amp;#39;ll wish you had the metal picks of snowshoes on the way down. A lot of foot traffic has made things very icy.
This is the upper lake.. we had 3 weeks straight of temperature inversions, so I got to enjoy a couple of lunches in a tshirt.


If you&amp;#39;ve been up in summer, this was probably a raging waterfall.. now it&amp;#39;s just a little stream.



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            <pubDate>2014-02-04 11:52:36</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Metre of new snow for the Duffy Lake Road]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sea to Sky received nearly a metre of fresh pow over the weekend, so we headed up to the Joffre shoulder to play around in the snow a bit. Avalanche conditions were rated high in the alpine so we found some pillows lower down and didn&amp;#39;t go any higher.
Below - so good to see winter starting finally!! The skin track was pretty deep - you can see the dog&amp;#39;s ears poking out on the right.

Usually this field is one smooth ride, but this year it still looks a lot like a boulder field. Despite the welcome sight of new snow, there&amp;#39;s still WAY less snow out there than usual.
In the trees there&amp;#39;s about a metre or more of light fluff on top of the forest floor, so if you punch through, you&amp;#39;re going to find yourself on top of logs, rocks, branches and dead fall.
Alpine temps are forecasted to rise to +9C by the end of the week, with freezing levels above 3000m. Hopefully old man winter shows up again after that to bring us more snow to shred.


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            <pubDate>2014-01-14 11:22:29</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Not much to say abou the skiing, but here&#039;s the bike trail report for Pemberton]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With only an 85cm base (thanks in part to snow making) on Whistler Blackcomb, and spotty coverage in the backcountry, we might as well go &amp;ndash; biking?
Typically we have about 500cm of snow by now and winter is well under way, but this year I&amp;#39;m still riding my mountain bike. Trails around Pemberton are snow free on the south facing slopes. There is a tiny bit of snow at the first paraglide launch, but you could easily ride all the way up Happy/Waco/Nimby to the launch and have your pick of totally deserted trails to choose from.
Pretty much everything in the lower Mackenzie FSR area is snow free for both hiking and biking. You can drive up the Mackenzie FSR all the way to the gate between first + second paraglide launches with 4WD and really good tires, as it&amp;#39;s a bit icy in spots. After the gate it&amp;#39;s extremely icy &amp;ndash; I definitely wouldn&amp;#39;t want my truck up there past that point.
I wish I had snowy pow pictures to post, but (sigh) here are a few snaps of the area from the last few days. This first one is a little ways up the Nimby.

Driving down the Mackenzie the other day.. It was foggy and smoky from a few brush fires but made for some really beautiful photos. I took this through the truck windshield.


This is near the Moosejaw connector &amp;ndash; looks like we&amp;#39;re going back in time to summer/fall again.


There&amp;#39;s not much snow in the forecast for this week, so it might be a good time to do double sports duty with the bike and the skis.]]></description>
            <pubDate>2013-12-17 11:47:00</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finding a Little Snow at Cerise Creek]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It&amp;#39;s been a slower start to ski season this year than last year. We decided to head out in search of some snow on the Duffy Lake Road. The highest point on the road still has very little coverage - a foot or less in the forest - so everything is exposed, making for a huge obstacle course on the way down.
This is near Cerise Creek, about an hour and a half up, where the snow starts to get a little better.



Anyone else found some good spots around Whistler lately?]]></description>
            <pubDate>2013-12-03 11:35:56</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[First night of winter camping of the season! Cayoosh Mountain]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On the weekend we decided to head out for a short trip on the skis and some winter camping. Mike had some new touring boots that he wanted to test out and I was anxious to just get out for some mountain time.
Wet gear, -12C, thinly covered rocks + branches.. early season winter camping is fun .. right?
I wore a first layer, primaloft jacket, and down jacket to bed.. and a fur hat (don&amp;#39;t worry people it&amp;#39;s not real fur).. plus another person and a 65 pound dog in our tiny alpine tent.. and I was still freezing. Somehow in my memory though, I had a lot of fun and will definitely head out again soon. A little suffering is part of it sometimes right?

This was at the start.. you can see the Duffy Lake Road just below. With the 3 day weekend, there were a ton of cars and trucks scattered all along the road looking for adventures. We parked near the bottom of Mt Rohr and Cayoosh Mountain, and headed up into the snow.

Cayoosh Mountain is in the background. The snow coverage wasn&amp;#39;t great yet, but hey, it&amp;#39;s only the start of November.

Above, my two best friends. The dog has his own backpack to carry his food. On the way home he carries the garbage - perfume to a dog.
And last one, here I am sleepy but happy. In my mind it&amp;#39;s always better to be out there than to not be out there. Down booties are now on my xmas wish list for santa.
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            <pubDate>2013-11-12 11:27:59</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Summit Access by 4x4! Another adventure at Blowdown Pass.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I had some major cabin fever after coming off an injury this summer, and was anxious to tag off a peak somehow. Still not quite healed enough for a valley to summit hike, we decided to drive most of the way up the mountain and hike the last 1000ft to Gott Peak. Hey, you do what you have to do right?
Leaving from Pemberton, we climbed 6400 feet in my 21 year old Toyota, up some pretty extreme 4x4 roads to reach Blowdown Pass. Who says girls can&amp;#39;t drive stick? Ha.
Here I am at the pass, in Blackie my truck.

I know I&amp;#39;ve said it before in other Tuesday hiking posts, but this is one of my favorite areas in the coast mountains. It is just so incredibly beautiful in every direction. This is the view looking back - you can see the road faintly on the right and a gorgeous alpine lake below.


Here are the summits of Gott and Gotcha peaks, AND my first real summit adventure in a while. This trip was the perfect medicine, combined with a great night of camping with Mike and our dog.

If you don&amp;#39;t feel like banging the hell out of your truck, you can always park down in the forest and walk up the road as well. However you get here, it&amp;#39;s a really incredible destination. A++ in my books.]]></description>
            <pubDate>2013-08-20 01:22:18</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mt Duke - Couloir Obsession]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[
It was an old fashioned backcountry rendezvous.
You don&amp;#39;t get those as much these days since everybody is connected to the grid. My friend Dan Cudlip and his Icelandic touring partner Runar Aegisson were a day and a half ahead of us. They&amp;#39;d chosen to head to the Duffey Thursday morning ski around the Vantage area then camp in the adjacent valley near Caspar Creek. I couldn&amp;#39;t make it to ski on Thursday but wanted to join up with them on Friday morning for the Mt Duke goal.
I spoke to Dan on Wednesday evening and got the details on where to meet them, Dan made it clear they wanted to set out at 8am. The access from the highway required a roughly 2 hour slog skinning on a logging road, something I was reluctant to do on my own not from fear of avalanches but just being worried about making it on time. Luckily I teamed up with Matt Francisty, his sled being able to make quick work of that arduous approach.
I sent Dan the final text on Wednesday evening.
&quot;Head over to the meeting point at 8am Friday morning. Wait for 10 minutes then leave if here&amp;#39;s no sign of us. You&amp;#39;ll hear the 2-stroke coming.&quot;
And it worked! Matt and I were able to get away from Whistler on time and were at the rendezvous for 8am as planned, Dan coming up from their campsite a few minutes later to meet us. We were all in disbelief that it actually worked out, our communication of maps and directions proving useful.

Pillow fields on the approach
With the flat, boring logging road approach behind us, it was time to break out of the tree line. It was probably the best weather I&amp;#39;d seen in the Duffey- sunny, stable and very photogenic. We considered the summit until we saw the couloir, our goal instantly changing for the day. After gaining the ridge with some technical boot packing and scrambling we were soon at the entrance of the couloir, the remaiing climb to the summit too risky without crampons and axes.
The large cornice was intimidating, but after getting roped in we were able to take turns digging a channel through it and rapelling in one by one. The cornice excavation took almost two hours, but the reward was well worth it.

View north from the Ridge of Duke


Gnarly entrance


Matt hangin out


Runar drops in for his first turn

Dan approaches the half-way point

We didn&amp;#39;t ski the most vert that day, but the careful approach to the cornice meant we skied it with an exciting rappell in rather than a step ladder up the chute. Nonetheless we were exhausted. Arriving back at the logging road the sled was a sight for sore eyes.
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            <pubDate>2013-03-01 19:41:51</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Duffy Pow stoke vid.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Skiing Pow with my room mate Runar in the Steep Creek area of the Duffy. It was a bit cloudy when we set off so I didn&amp;#39;t bother with all the standard&amp;nbsp;leaving the car&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;skinning up hill&amp;nbsp;cut away shots.This was probably one of the best days touring I have ever had. If the sun had been out all day (rather than being broken cloud) then it would have been untouchable.The access to Steep Creek is super easy, there is a huge variety of terrain, and on the exit you pretty much ski right back to the car.Pit results were around CTH 23 RP at 1900m, north aspect, but we didn&amp;#39;t dare venture onto any of the really steep or exposed lines (although there were plenty to choose from!)We skied off the NW shoulder of 2318 from about two thirds of the way up (the top looked rocky) then the mellow-ish basin skiers left of Steep peak, and finally Chute 56, north of the dome. Total day was 2000m of climbing, 19km and 9 hours car to car.We could see lots of tracks from the day before (sunday) but it had snowed 8-10cm that night so there was still plenty of fresh. We met two kiwi guys who were camping out for 5 days. They were pretty much a lap a head of us all day. We didn&amp;#39;t actually see them ski but they were slightly more ambitious with their terrain choices than us and put down some very smooth lines. 


&amp;nbsp;Steep Creek is my new favorite area in the Duffy (this was my first time) and I can&amp;#39;t wait to go back.]]></description>
            <pubDate>2012-03-20 23:25:21</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMP -DEEP POW ON DUFFY]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Well, Here on the coast range of BC we have had an exellent few days. The last week of Februray 2012 has been all time as many would say. Lots of storm snow and it has been cold and created deep powder skiing conditions.
What a great time to hit up some classic big mountain lines off the duffy.. &amp;nbsp;Where? How about Mt. Matier the highest peak around..... then throw in Mt. Howard a sweet 3500 ft descent from alpine to valley. &amp;nbsp;Ok, Sounds good to me I am In.
We started the day off really early. &amp;nbsp;Skied the Easty face of mt. Matier, and then found the deepest snow of the day on the glacier, same aspect and elevation as the aniversary glacier(which we skied later that day), but one valley over. &amp;nbsp;Due to the avalanche conditions, we had to ski carefuly, with ski cuts and sluff mangament. &amp;nbsp;Some text book cuts on rope... Then we headed to the east col of Howard for the Gem run to the valley.


Sweet day. Thanks Pete, Nico, Russell, and Nick.

Deep DAZE Nico wishing he had a snorkel....

Some warming sluff rips down Mt. Howard as Peter skis the East Chute off the face of Howard...


Looking back on the line downE Face of Mt. Matier....


Twin One glacier and Mt. Matier one of the jaw dropping spots in BC....

Nico shredding the S chute on Mt. Howard.

Another deep day on th coast range of bc, no rain, just pow, good lines and fun times....
thanks to all of the possie, one day I will not forget.....









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            <pubDate>2012-03-02 01:49:58</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMP- Tripple Crown on DUFFY (MSJ)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Well When it&amp;#39;s sunny in the Coast range of BC one has to take advantage of the good visibility. &amp;nbsp;Last week we had great sunny days and good stability. &amp;nbsp;What to do? &amp;nbsp;We decided to hit up the tripple crown off the duffy lake road. &amp;nbsp;The gems of the area... What might they be.... Matier, Slayok, and Joffree in a day! The three jewels on a crown with the NW of Joffree as the icing on the cake. &amp;nbsp;(Rated in the top 50 runs in North America by Chris Davenport, see book) &amp;nbsp;So we set out early and hit up the SW of Matier, then the stone crop North facing line, weaved our way back up through the Matier ice fall and up the Aussie Couilor to the NW face to Couilor of Joffree. &amp;nbsp;Any ski line off the Norht side of Joffree deserves a try. &amp;nbsp;Sweet snow to the Cerise trailhead.
With the shorter days the timing just worked out. &amp;nbsp;We skied off the face of Joffree as the sun was setting. &amp;nbsp;We lucked out to have a boot pack set by a group of two earlier in the day but they only went half way up the Aussie Couilor. &amp;nbsp;Awesome day, snow better than ast year when we did it. and good friends enjoying the backcountry of BC. Thanks to my hommies, Nick, Santi, Evan and Peter. &amp;nbsp;
Peter ready to skin to Slayok.

from Matier to Slayok.

Sweet turns down Slayok, North face stonecrop.

head Cam shot Slayok.

Ski Mounteering up the Matier Ice fall.

the way up&amp;nbsp;

Looking down the NW Joffree at sunset!

Looking back at the line.
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            <pubDate>2012-02-10 04:54:16</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMP Skiing Vantage Ridge Duffy Lake]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[ 
This is my fantastic day skiing with friends in the Duffey lake area.
I just started backcountry skiing this year after a friend talked me into trading in my inbound skies and boot for some lighter backcountry stuff + a shovel probe and transceiver. The season has typically been that the friday night I receive a text form one of his friends just telling me what time and where to meet the next morning to pick up other skiers. I have no idea where we are going just not to be late at a 6am start. From the morning rondezvous I get my first hint of where we are headed but I still don&amp;#39;t know where we are really going as I have not learned all the cool areas yet. From where we park the cars we climb and I track thies secret locations on my GPS for my bag of cool places to go for I like how it feels.







Greg doing a snow pit before &amp;nbsp;we are committed


Greg on the final push for the top.

Looking back on our ribbon of ascent&amp;nbsp;

Paul nearing the top of the ridge.

My new skies

My SOPT tracker page of where we skied.
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            <pubDate>2012-02-09 00:35:36</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMP - Duffey Lake late january pow]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[So after spending a month in pemberton, I ended up riding 25 days - all of which ended up being comprised of powder runs (even 5 resort days). We got absolutely puked on. I saw the snowpack grow from just over a meter to over 3.5m now. Stability is very good, and coverage is looking to shape up for another all-time season here on the coast.&amp;nbsp;

Since we have been getting hit my a ton of storms, riding has mostly been at treeline and below due to visibility. My dirtbag splitboard crew of 4 &amp;nbsp;friends living in an RV has been shredding the duffey as much as possible. Here is a little edit of the last week of January. This will be our last video from the coast though - time to head east to kootenay pass and rogers pass for February. Then up to Terrace for March, and finally Haines, AK for April. See you on the road!





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            <pubDate>2012-02-01 20:11:52</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Duffey Lake Road - Joffre Shoulder]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[First trip of season on the Duffey lake Road.&amp;nbsp; We headed into the Joffre Shoulder area. Deep down I was hoping for some epic powder skiing but based on the weather lately I was willing to accept moderate even terrible skiing. Still pretty thin below 1500m but almost 200cm&amp;#39;s above 1700m. Mother nature needs to lay a beating to the mountains up north!The surface hoar layer is still lurking in the snow pack some 70cms below the surface. It is gaining strength but not to the point where we were willing to venture into anything big and exposed! We were still able to get almost 1000m of skiing including some great turns.Day 2 was an exploration mission with rising freezing levels. We ventured into Channel Cr and were met with minimal snow and slide alder bushwacking.&amp;nbsp;
more info here&amp;nbsp;
 Powder Gangster Blog 
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            <pubDate>2012-01-10 00:48:08</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Duffy Lake Mt Chief Pascal South Coast]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I skied with a group on the N slopes of Chief Pascal yesterday.

We had totally blue sky for most of the day. Air temps where between -16 and -18. &amp;nbsp;At first there was a strong north wind which blew plumes of snow off the higher peaks, later this calmed to a light easterly. We found a strong temperature gradient in the upper 35cm of the snow pack.
&amp;nbsp;The latest observations from the Public Mountain Conditions report:
Below Tree Line we had 20cm of light snow over &amp;nbsp;tree bombed icy crude, however the cut blocks provided surprisingly good sking.

At Tree Line there was generally 30cm of light (Fist and Four Finger) density snow over thin decomposing rain crust. Here in a protected opening at 6200 feet we dug into the snow and got consistent Moderate Compression Tests which fractured irregularly just above the crust.
At the same location the January 4 &amp;nbsp;Surface Hoar was 90-110cm below the surface.&amp;nbsp; We got &amp;nbsp;inconsistent Hard Compression Tests on this layer, but it failed to fracture with a Rotschblock Test and it also failed to perform during an Extended Colum Test.
Skiing was better than good at this elevation! There was lots of evidence of the past avalanche cycle.

In the Alpine the snow was very wind effected. Many slopes where scoured to expose a hard icy surface, and there was evidence of recent (&amp;lt;24 hrs) Natural Avalanches failing in cross loaded features. Across the valley on a North aspect slope of Joffre we saw what looked like a Sz 1-2 slab triggered that day by a group of skiers in a cross loaded feature.&amp;nbsp; We cut a 1500-2000kg cornice nose into NE aspect &amp;nbsp;gully 300m NW of the summit of Chief Pascal. It only created a Sz 1 sluff as it tumbled through the hard wind effected snow. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

Good sking at Tree Line.

Dave Sarkany
&amp;nbsp;SG
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            <pubDate>2011-01-31 19:36:25</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PHOTO COMP Cayoosh East Glacier - Jan 9, 2011]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With renewed confidence in stability we decided to head for open faces. We were thinking of heading to something N facing but its not too often that sun-exposed faces retain good snow so we decided to wander up to Cayoosh to take a look at some of the terrain. For a variety of reasons we ended up doing laps on the East Glacier. Wonderful uncharacteristically light snow. With clouds all around us we managed to luck out on timing as sun would hit the slopes just as we were ready to ski. We ended up doing two laps and a partial lap of the cutblock finishing the day with a 1000 m vertical run down the glacier and then through beautifully stable snow through the trees and to the creek.
More - http://www.leelau.net/2011/cay.....011-01-09/


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            <pubDate>2011-01-12 01:35:15</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Photo Comp - Rohr South faces - Jan 8, 2011]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With the first bit of nice weather after another big storm cycle the CAA issued an avalanche warning. The recent weather had come in from the SW as usual so we guessed that windward slopes might have had surface hoar and near surface facets knocked out by wind. Accordingly we picked the S faces of Rohr in the Duffey (the big slidepaths descending to Hwy 99 and headed there.

More - http://www.leelau.net/2011/roh.....011-01-08/



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            <pubDate>2011-01-12 01:02:30</pubDate>
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