Chappell Creek Valemount BC

Snowpack

curtis · Apr 5, 2018 · Kootenay Boundary

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Quick report

Weather
cold, warm, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
hard, powder

Nice spring day in the alpine. Still goods left from the round of recent storms. Alpine temps staying cool at -10deg at 2000m and snow quality is good. There was certainly strong warming from the sun and the solar temps were quite enjoyable. No avalanche activity noted. No releases on test slopes.

Snowpack

Quick test profile. 1cm melt freeze crust down 15cm failing resistant on low moderate and stronger moderate results down 30cms on a fc/sh combo. No ECT results on the 30cms. No results on deep crust seen in the photo