The snow is here to stay. This is the one road out of town. It goes 3.6km to the north, ending at a quarry. The locals like to drive out to the quarry "just to get away from town", while a fair number of transplanted kalanuks use the road as their dog-running path. I've observed a fair number of folks driving to the quarry and back, having the dog chase the vehicle. I guess they didn't want to get exercise themselves?
On my wanders the previous day, I spotted a nice couloir that looked as though it would be a fun boot-pack up. The storm we had at the beginning of the week deposited only 10cm of snow, but the winds were blowing 50-70km/h for 2 days. It was enough to sufficiently load the chute up so that it avalanched. The large debris piles at the base and the crown lines that I saw higher up (up to 1m) indicated it was a good size 2 slide.
Higher up in the couloir. Worries of a dangerous sliding layer were diminshed, knowing that the chute had been cleaned out during the storm.
Looking back down the couloir. I wish it had a nice 2m base, with 20cm of pow-pow ready to ski...
This is Pangnirtung at mid-day, when the sun is at its highest point in its daily arc. As you can see, the town will be heading into the shadow next week. Yeehah...
1 comment:
looks pretty cool up there chris! if only there was enough snow to ski.
matt
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