Cornices
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible
- Tamaño
- 1.5–3
Cold temperatures can make cornices brittle. Keep a healthy distance away both when traveling below, or near corniced features.
If you must travel in the Back Country: keep objectives short, and close to home. Small injuries will have serious consequences with the present temperatures.
Cold temperatures can make cornices brittle. Keep a healthy distance away both when traveling below, or near corniced features.
Surface snow continues to lose cohesion and structure making specific areas susceptible to light triggers like direct solar influence, and excitable riders. Sluff awareness and management will be very important in steep and/or confined lines.
Coldest recorded temps (so far;): Maligne, -40.5; Parkers Ridge, -34.9 (Feb. 9 @ 0100! Mercifully, we haven't reached any lower.
Tonight: Cloudy with clear periods. Precipitation: Nil. Alpine temperature: Low -33 C. Light ridge wind.
Thursday: Sunny with cloudy periods. Precipitation: Nil. Alpine temperature: High -25 C. Light ridge wind.
The cold has deeply penetrated the snowpack, promoting profound facetting in the upper 40cm. This will slow any slab development on the recent storm snow. The mid-pack has remained strong but, will loose strength over time with the prolonged arctic influence, especially where shallow.
A few brave souls out reporting good, but slow skiing conditions. Numerous loose dry, point releases reported from the Alpine as the cold continues to breakdown the supporting surface structure of the snowpack.