MCR Observation

Mountain Conditions Report

<p>To add to Scott Davis MCR post covering 8812 Bowl and the Dome area at Rogers Pass for Jan 20-21/2017.</p> <p>I was guiding two guests yesterday in the Asulkan-Dome area. Today, I was skiing with candidates prepping for their upcoming guides exam.</p> <p>Yesterday we observed 10cm of low density snow sitting on 3mm surface hoar at 1850m near the triangle moraine in the Asulkan valley.<br /> We noticed the surface hoar as we were sitting down for lunch and the surface snow happened to crack and shear around our packs to reveal the shiny dreaded crystals.</p> <p>We called this layer the"Jan 22" surface hoar as it got covered overnight with a few cms of new snow and some light wind transport in that location.</p> <p>On the Lilly glacier side today, we observed the Jan 15 surface hoar layer covered by 30-40cm of settled storm snow cracking around our skis on the moraine below the glacier. No recent natural activity was observed.</p> <p>The snow coverage on the Lilly was excellent and there was no recent wind effect except for the upper slopes leading to the Dome col.</p> <p>Enjoy the great turns,</p> <p>Sylvain Hebert<br /> ACMG Ski Guide</p>