AST1 Island Alpine Guides
Quick reportams · Dec 29, 2023 · Jasper
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, wet, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp
HS ranged from 50 to 150 cm. The wet loose cycle of pinwheels and slush seems to be over, all trees are bare rocks faces are bare observed up to 5000 feet cornices have dropped. Ski penetration range from 0 to 20 cm. Many creeks and holes are open travel is not recommended. Our shear tests produced irregular breaks progressive compression resistant planer on two layers faceted and crusts down 20 and down 80 rain has saturated the first crust layer and free water can be seen running above that crust. Moderate to hard shears.