Travel conditions are dust on breakable crust. Below 1800 m you are probably going to be walking. You cannot access snow covered terrain without the lifts.
Think snow!
Mark Klassen
Mountain Guide
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
[MCR] Whistler/Blackcomb near country
We've been teaching an avalanche course the past few days based in Whistler. Below 1900 m we don't have enough snow to avalanche. Above that elevation there are isolated pockets with above threshold snow depth in areas with a rough ground surface. On the glaciers and other smooth ground we are seeing 75-100 cm of snow. The snowpack consists of a series of crusts with some weaknesses between them but our tests indicate it is quite stable. We have not seen any avalanches in the past few days.