AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:
No new avalanche information to report. This was on Monday, June 12.
PAST WEEK:
Saturday June 10, 2017. Mostly overcast-0.2 mm of rain recorded at 660 meters.
Sunday morning
Sunday morning, June 11, 2017--Max temp in the valley was +19.7
Sunday June 11, 2017 mostly overcast in the mountains but sunny in the valley..
Monday June 12, 2017 08:00 Hrs. High overcast in the morning but improved as day progressed.
Monday evening, max temp in the valley was +20.6.
Overcast on Tuesday. Max temp on Tuesday was +13.6.
Noon, Wednesday June 14, 2017. Overcast with a temperature of +2 at 1860 meters.
Just before noon on Wednesday, cold upper level
trough in a Westerly flow.
Overcast for most of Wednesday. Trace of rain recorded at 660 meters.
Some blue to the NE on Wednesday evening.
06:30 Hrs Thursday June 15, 2017 -1 at 2240 meters, fresh snow.
Weather Observations for June 16, 2017 taken at 07:00 Hours.
2240 meters 0, Winds were 15-20 KPH S--Horstman Hut
1860 meters +2, Winds were 10-15 KPH S--Rendevous
1550 meters +3, ? mm of precip, RH 97% --Catskinner
660 meters +9, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +10.3, 7.7 mm of Precip recorded yest
As of 07:00 Hrs we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.
Looking nicer to the SE, but like a fall day, not the start of the summer!!
FORECAST:
A moist trough to our South will bring unsettled weather for today in a Westerly flow aloft. Showers early this am, mostly cloudy with some breaks looks like it will improver as the day progresses. A weak high pressure will bring drier conditions to the are tomorrow, but will be short lived as a weak warm front spreads clouds into the area Saturday night into Sunday. A strong flat upper level ridge will begin to build next week just in time for the summer solstice. Still feeling like Monday and Tuesday will be dry but with some cloud in the area. After Wednesday it will hopefully warm up slightly with more seasonable temperatures. .
Westerly flow for today, with improving conditions.
Image from this am, still lots of cloud around.
Improving by Monday.
Looks nicer later in the day.
High will build for Saturday.
Warm front approaching for Saturday night into Sunday.
Looking cloudy for Sunday.
Low to the North will hopefully not push South.
INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:
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Quick update on Locomotive Peak: plenty of parking spaces by the side of the road, with over 6 cars on Sunday morning:)
The forest and creek crossings are reasonably well covered all the way, so no real bushwhacking or fording is required.
Some cornices still looming on the approach from the east side, which I believe is the "recommended" way, but it was too much for us so we found another way, a bit more to the north. In retrospect, going up the same way you come down is much better. I'll try to post later my track for this route. The glacier seems very nicely filled in with no open crevasses that I could see: there was a party of 5 that went all around to Faceless and then down through the middle of glacier with no problems, but I would advice against going without any crevasse rescue gear as it seems the snow bridges are starting to break: 2 of of our friends went almost neck deep in the some holes while coming down and they were not even on the glacier-they were snowshoeing though...We saw around 18 people in total on Sunday:)
Saturday morning.
Saturday evening, max temp at 660 meters Saturday was +15.7.
Busy day in the park on Sunday.
Sunday evening. More cloud development.
Monday afternoon, unsettled but a fairly nice day. Max temp in the valley was +20.6.
A few breaks on Tuesday night.
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Despite the cool temperatures volleyball was popular on Wednesday evening.
Not much of a view on Thursday in Howe Sound.
VIDEO FRIDAY:
Fall into a 28 meter crevasse:
You Tube
Instagram Trick Requests:
Cordrona, NZ
Gnarly wipeout:
Ouch
ARTICLES:
Ladner man rescued off Mt Baker:
28 meter fall
El Nino next winter?:
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
Avalanche Danger turns back climb to fight cancer:
Mount Hood
Backcountry tips for heading off-piste:
New Zealand
Snow & Climate:
Institute for Snow & Avalanche Research
Avalanche generated glacial lake outburst flood:
University of Texas
Winter Activity deaths in BC:
BC Coroner's Service
As of 07:00 Hrs we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.
Looking nicer to the SE, but like a fall day, not the start of the summer!!
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