Rockies, O'Hara to Banff snow levels as of 10am September 6th, 2016

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4 c, foggy and light rain overnight at O'Hara. As of 9am, light snow down to about 2200m and it looked very white above 2700m. As of Monday(yesterday) afternoon there was 5-10 cm new snow on the Tokkum and Opabin glaciers. A wild guess would be between 30 and 50 cm of recent snow above 3000m by now. I would assume that there may at least be some small windslabs and cornices in lee alpine features.

Driving from O'Hara to Canmore, couldn't even see the Mountains above Lake Louise but by Castle Mountain the only visible snow north of the Hwy 1 was some light dust on ridgetops. Lots of wet ground but no snow on any of the biggger cliffs.

Larry Stanier
ACMG Mountain Guide

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