Clemina Creek

Great stormy day in the hills. Slight rain/snain in the valley bottom at 0830 to about 1400m. Alpine temps hovering around -5. Stormy day snowing 1cm per hour most of the day with light winds at TL with stronger guts near ridgetop. Terrible visibility so travel was limited and we primarily stuck to tree riding. We hear one loud avalanche off in the distance in the direction of the Dixon Glacier/Mt Albreda but never went to investigate due to weather conditions. Moderate temps and winds are causing the upper 25cms of storm snow to stiffen up and it is sitting on top of a softer layer below. This is causing cracking and small slab releases on steep features at treeline, which will get more spicey as the load increases.

Test profile on 38deg SE asp at treeline overlooking Kinbasket lake. CTM12 SC -27 on storm snow Repeated CTM3 SC -112 on FC 4mm ECTP -25cm on storm snow interface ECTP -65 on surface hoar 8mm Video posted facebook.com/frozenpirate