Conditions Report: Weekend is the Time!
This week snowmobiling in Golden (and all of BC) will be about finding the cold and this weekend is the time to get it good before things warm up. The good news is that Golden is one of the best places you can be when the temps spike warm. Forecasts have our mid mountain temps holding below 0 degrees and that means the sledding will stay better here for longer! There’s lots of snow coverage in Golden and if you find the spots without traffic, then you’re into some deep goodness. The trees are caked white in the alpine. The avalanche danger remains considerable in the alpine. Quartz cabin has been re-stocked with wood and East Quartz has been track packed. – Keep reading for more info.
Dangling in a honey hole on Jan 22.
searching for it on Jan 22
Travel
TCH-1 Highway
BIG NEWS! Highway 1 is fully open east of Golden with NO scheduled stoppages and overnight closures.: Kicking Horse Canyon Calendar
Warning! – Just east of Quartz the frost heaves are worse than ever this year. Slow down if you’re hauling weight…
There’s abrupt frost heaves just east of Quartz this year.
CALL YOUR KMS!We had a complaint come in this week about recreational traffic (a sledder) driving like a maniac on the Dogtooth FSR. Please note there is a lot of industrial traffic on that road this year. Grab a radio and call up on RR27
Snow & Weather
SNOW AND WEATHER
There’s been 15-20 cms accumulate in the last 7 days. Most of this has come in torrid squalls that don’t last too long. The weather looks unsettled over the next week with warming temps, some snow, some sun and some clouds. There’s 7 cms in the forecast.
Base snow around Golden is anywhere from 120- 200 cms depending where you probe.
snow forecast near quartz
Gorman on Jan 18
Enroute to Cirque on Jan 18
Avalanche Safety
Avalanche Conditions
Check Avalanche.ca everyday you ride!
From Avalache.ca on Jan 25: “A complex snowpack with several avalanche problems is best managed through conservative terrain choices. Avoid overhead hazard.”
Travel and Terrain Advice from Jan 25:
- Make conservative terrain choices and avoid overhead hazard.
- Be careful with wind slabs, especially in steep, unsupported and/or convex terrain features.
- Avoid convexities, steep unsupported terrain and rocky outcroppings.
Avalanche.ca screen shot for Purcell mountains on Jan 25
Grooming
Grooming
Warm temps will mean the trails whoop up quicker than when they’re cold. Our crews will be keeping all three staging areas in good shape throughout the weekend.
Quartz cabin got re-stocked with wood this week and East Quartz got track packed.
Nice groomed trail on Jan 16 in Quartz
