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West Bragg Creek April snow

Report Submitted by Alf Skrastins
(trip) Date: Friday Apr 05, 2024

Submitted: Friday Apr 05, 2024 at 23:29

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In the morning, I measured about 30cm of total snowfall at the West Bragg Creek parking lot. The depths varied on different trails because the snow storm also came with wind, so there was some scouring on windward aspects and drifting in open areas. The WBC trail crew reported as much as a meter of snow depth in open areas on ridge tops!
But, the snow transitioned as the temperature warmed up during the day. By afternoon, the snow was noticeably heavy and wet and the snow depth had shrunk to 25cm.
I toured around some of the Crystals, on single track trails like Snowshoe Hare and on a bit of East Telephone. Amazing coverage everywhere, and a lot of trail breaking.
The temperature dropped below zero at 6:00pm, and a few more centimetres of snow is forecast to fall overnight. Conditions may be pretty good in the morning, but it will all get soft and sticky again by mid-day. That's the way it is in April!

Just my tracks on East Telephone