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        <title><![CDATA[Howson Range]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:06:29 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Want to learn Ski]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I want to learn Ski...I will turn 20 in a next couple of months. Our family will be moving(for at least 2 months) to Northern Cyprus. Anyone know where to learn Ski there ?]]></description>
            <pubDate>2013-03-08 06:59:49</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New line skied - Howsons]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[New TR from the Mountain Conditions Report:

A new line was skied for the first time yesterday. Lake Bowl overlooks the summer floatplane landing on the Upper Burnie Lake. It is an E facing steep 800 m line that requires skiing a deeply incised gully in the lower part. The upper part are steep rolls underneath the rock faces of Lakehead Peak.

The snowpack is mostly well settled. There has been some very low density snow that continues to be very slippery underfoot and could be a problematic layer once buried. Otherwise, we are concerned about cornice falls and rather large and fast sluffs in the steep terrain we have been skiing.

Today it snowed in the high alpine only and there was quite a bit of wind transport from the ESE. Several large icefalls did not trigger slabs, but cleaned out the slopes below nonetheless.

The snow continues to provide very good skiing in all shaded aspects while direct sun exposed areas have a crust.


--&amp;nbsp;
Christoph Dietzfelbinger
Mountain Guide]]></description>
            <pubDate>2011-03-24 18:48:37</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Burnie Glacier Conditions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The latest Public Mountain Conditions Report on the conditions at Burnie Glacier - sounds like someone is having some fun?

Four days into a week up at Burnie Glacier Chalet.

Yesterday we ventured up the Burnie Step (an imposing feature
approaching 50 degrees), skis on the whole way up. We continued up the
Burnie Glacier and into the S. Telkwa and did a couple of gentle
glacier runs. Excellent conditions throughout the day, with deep
powder skiing down the Burnie Step. The high alpine (e.g. mountain
tops, steep exposed faces, cols) has had a fair bit of wind but it was
still easy to find great skiing.

Last night the weather came in. Currently we have about 25cm (and
still snowing) adding to 15cm storm snow from the past week. These
layers are bonding well to the previous low density 30cm from 110303
which in turn is bonding well to the underlying surfaces. No
persistent week layers appear to be present in this snowpack.

On lower elevation S aspects there is a thin sun crust that formed
yesterday afternoon. Skiing on Tom George Mtn today was nonetheless
sensational -- the soft crust is well buried by now -- and we almost
went for a fourth 700m run it was so good! But beer and munchies won
the debate.

We are calling stability Fair in the alpine with a caution for
windloading on NE-N-NW aspects and crossloaded features, and G at
Treeline and below. Considering the additional 20-30cm snow in the
forecast this could change quickly, especially with much wind, but so
far only light to occasionally moderate winds from the south. Hazard
is Considerable in Alpine, Moderate at Treeline, Good Below treeline.

Regards,
Tom Wolfe
Mountain Guide ACMG/IFMGA
Canmore, AB]]></description>
            <pubDate>2011-03-08 22:20:28</pubDate>
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