ROGERS PASS AGAIN - Jan 16 - 17, 2009
8812 Bruins - Jan
16, 2009
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and photos by Sharon Bader and Lee Lau unless otherwise noted.
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ROGERS PASS AGAIN - Jan 16 - 17, 2009 8812 Bruins - Jan
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|| Bruins - 8812 - Jan 16, 2009 || Perley Rock - Jan 17, 2009 || Triangle Moraine - Jan 18, 2009 ||
Due to no new snow again in the Coast - off again to the Pass. Keep going to Bruins and 8812; this time because nothing in the permit areas are open and that has decent fall-line skiing with ridgeline approaches.
Two pits to assess pack again - once at the low approach to Bruins Ridge and another at near the top of 8812 Bowl. At the top of 8812, we deliberately picked an area close to a rocky outcrop that was hopefully a weak spot in the pack.
Pit 1 - 2025m, 10:50am, 32deg, E-SE, clear skies, no wind, low valley cloud. Ski pen 15cm, boot pen 50cms
-1 deg temp
HS 255cms
25cm Fist
25cms 4F
30cm 1F
45cm P
Pit 2 - 205m; 12:45pm, 40 deg, S facing, 0.3 deg temp
HS 240cms
5cms MF
50cms 1F
60-70 W/S 4F
120 4F
120 - 150 1mm facets
CTH 28 RP
2nd column cut above a rock with
HS 110
CTM 15 on 110mm facets. Funny the block split into three @ 15 on WS and 25 and
110 on the facets as the block calved off
Woolsey Creek Bistro
- the go-to for food in Revelstoke
Jameson on the approach
to Bruins Ridge
Two slides - one
more recent from a cornice drop on Ursus; another from the last storm
cycle on NRC Gullies
Sharon
Lee
