Chappell Creek Valemount BC
Snowpackcurtis · Apr 5, 2018 · Kootenay Boundary
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