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This photo of deep slab NW asp 2240m near McClatchie junction – big propagation, looks like the Feb 9 surface hoar layer and must be a 3m crown – we think that the ‘big Spring lines’ are a long ways off in terms of trusting the snow pack! Gord Ohm Avalanche Technician South Rockies [...] Avalanche Debrief Video – March 22, 2012, Purcell Range – Oldman Creek Gord and I were on Michel Ridge today which is in the north end of the Flathead sub-region just SE of Sparwood. This location is a couple Km E of the Ma last Friday that resulted in the death of a snowmobiler. There was about 20 cm of HN24 which brings the HST to [...] 
When the avalanche hazard goes to high its best to stay on the ski hill or go snowshoeing in safe terrain if you still need your backcountry fix. I have to repeat, use safe terrain, lots of incidents around Fernie in the past week and the High Hazard continues. The February surface hoar layers [...] 
Tues March 6 we were at Harvey Pass- 60cm of recent storm snow on the bed sfc from the remote we had on Feb 29 which ran on the Feb 9 surface hoar. We did some compression tests in a different slope and got moderate results on the same layer, now buried 125 cm [...] 
Hi Everyone, Just a short note to clarify the Special Public Avalanche Warning (SPAW) which was issued by the Can Avalanche Centre for last weekend. Ian Stokie and I had a discussion about it as he was wondering why the Danger was dropped to Considerable when there was a special warning issued. Ian figured [...] 
Gord and I were in the Barnes Lake area today which is near Corbin. Its was a beautiful day with mainly light winds from the west, with some moderate winds and snow transport at ridge top later in the afternoon. We saw numerous natural avalanches today to size 2.5 (i.e. large enough to [...] 
Ten of us took a Helicopter ride into the Three Sisters for a day of ski touring. Landed at 2208 meters in Fairy Creek Meadows and did our snow evaluations before our first descent. Snowpack is 3.0 meters at 2200 meters elevation and has two surface hoar layers in the top 30 cm. We [...] 
Gord and Dave have been busy doing field observations for the Canadian Avalanche Association. The have graciously forwarded their reports and findings for posting on Fernie Trails. Thanks guys! Had a good look at this avalanche today – cornice triggered Na 12-02-05 0500 +/- 12hrs . – E asp 2050m – 1750m – 350m [...] |
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