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Chickadees and blue bird days

Published
Feb 18th, 2026 8:00 AM
Istrong
Lake Louise
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

51.244930, -116.139992

Quick Observation
Travelled up chickadee valley aiming for Whymper or Chimper Col, with the cold temps and clear skies (-25 in the parking lot) decided to follow the sun towards Chimper Col. Travel was quick enough through the new snow. Skiing was great down the moraines and open trees. ~30cm of new at 2500m, 20cm of new at the trailhead. Minimal slab properties with the new snow, slightly more on steeper slopes that had been sitting in the sun. No SH present in the Alp but some FC on old wind slabs buried 30-40 down. Several Na SS (maybe PS?) on easterly - southerly Alp in steep terrain. 20-30cm deep max 30m propagation. Numerous LD all aspects all day.
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