Callaghan (Telemagique)

Spent 5 days at Telemagique in the Callaghan, ending today. Very deep snow and difficult trailbreaking. Couldn't ski anything mellow. Lots of wind-affected snow on the ridgetops, but not below. The only avalanche activity we saw was size 1s from before the 24th. We did a column test on the 25th and nothing went, but the rain crust at ~140 cm was visible. No shooting cracks during trailbreaking. A whole bunch of new snow fell (>40 cm ) and blew around. On the morning of the 26th we may have heard whumphing from the tents during heavy snowfall, but it wasn't clear.

Saw multiple tiny (but thick) natural avalanches from a week ago (maybe the 21st?). No avalanche activity since then.

On Christmas day we dug a 170 cm pit in sheltered trees above Telemagique Lake and did a column test. Nothing went. We saw the rain crust ~ 140 cm down and an indistinct slab from the most recent storm snow.