Boundary Glacier

Quick report

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Snow Conditions

hard, crusty

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

We aimed to ski the Boundary Glacier Circuit this morning. As we reached Boundary Lake, we experienced multiple whumpfs in the basal facets with propagation (visible wave and shooting cracks) up to 100 m. These continued as we ascended towards the toe of the glacier at 2300 m. At that location, the snowpack consisted of 3 cm of new snow over 5 cm of poorly crystallized melt freeze crust. Below this, the snow was isothermal moist facets. Foot penetration was to ground or your crotch, whichever happens first! Given the solar facing overhead hazard when climbing the Boundary Glacier, we listened to what the mountains were saying and turned tail. Observed a new- looking deep slab out of extreme terrain high on the east face of Mt Stutfield and a loose snow avalanche in motion on the same feature while driving home.

Weather

Avg Temp

-4

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

clear

Wind Direction

SE

New Snow24 Hours

3

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Foot Penetration

95

Cracking Observed

1

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Whumpfing Observed

1