ACMG Ski Guide Exam - Duffey Lake Area

Mountain Conditions Report

<p>The ACMG Training and Assessment Program spent the past 3 days (March 7-9) in the Duffey Lake Road area during a Ski Guide exam.</p> <p>We skied several classic alpine objectives in the Joffre Lakes, Cayoosh and Marriot Basin areas. </p> <p>Weather:<br /> This week brought sunny skies with cloudy periods and convective flurries with trace accumulation throughout the week. Temperatures ranged from -12 to +1. Winds were generally light to moderate from the south / south east. </p> <p>Avalanche and Snow Conditions:<br /> No significant new avalanches were observed. Our main concern was for storm/wind slabs on steep solar aspects, and we generally avoided that terrain.</p> <p>Towards the end of the week surface sun crusts were found on solar aspects. Polar aspects held 20-30cm of settling powder making for fantastic early spring alpine skiing. On solar aspects and low valley exits one should expect sun crust and challenging skiing.</p> <p>SG Candidates,<br /> Geoff Osler (MG)<br /> Scott Flavelle (MG)</p>