Dec 28 - attempted the loop today; turned back at the base of the "crux" slope from the Haig glacier up to the Robertson / Sir Douglas col. Was hoping to see that slope blown mostly clean by yesterday's strong to extreme winds, unfortunately it is still 95% snow covered. As far as I dared investigate at the bottom I found 50+ cm of soft new snow, hard to say how much snow is on the upper slope.
Average HS (height of snow) on the upper French is 120 - 150 cm, on the Haig 200cm.
No new avalanche activity noted, most fractures lines from the last few days have reloaded.
Fair quality skiing on the French.
Happy New Year
Rob Orvig
IFMGA Mountain Guide