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Sunday, February 24, 2008

[MCR] Rockies - Yoho

We skied a north aspect in Yoho Park today. Our elevation range was between 4800 ft - 7200 ft. Mostly scattered clouds, some moderate west winds but no snow transport on the ridges, temps ranged from -15 in the morning to +4 in the valley at the end of the day.

Snowpack was on the thin side, only about 110 cm. It was weak and faceted, not much in the way of mid-pack strength but still generally carried a skier well. Sometimes you needed to be light on your feet while skiing downhill. Some bits of hard wind slab and wind crust at treeline.

No whumpfs or recent avalanche activity in this area. We did avoid any steep slopes at treeline and in the alpine and gave overhead hazard a wide berth due to the weak snow, recent wind effect at upper elevations and recent avalanche activity.

Mark Klassen
Mountain Guide