[MCR] Snowpack conditions on the Central Coast

I spent some time in the mountains around Bella Coola in the past 2 weeks. The snowpack was around a meter at tree-line, and generally unconsolidated. The rocks and slide alder are exposed more than one would expect even with a meter of snow. On the glaciers, the crevasses are poorly bridged, and there are more and more crevasses every year as the glaciers continue to contract.

Fortunately, the past 4 days of storm snow has added another 70 - 100cm's accumulated snow!

Paul Berntsen
Mtn Guide

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