Coire Dubh Integral
Snowpacklewis.clarey ยท Feb 16, 2023
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, windy, sunny
- Climb Name
- Coire Dubh Integral
- Ice Quality
- good
- Climbing Wind Conditions
- blowingSnowAboveTheClimb
Good ice quality on first pitch. Brittle on the surface with water running underneath. rock crux pitch has some isolated ice pockets, too thin for 10cm screws unless you are lucky. The face was mostly dry of snow except for snow drifts in the gullies and ledges with very variable snow conditions.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedExtreme
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Wind Direction
- W
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
The climb was on the lee slope of the wind and sheltered. But VERY windy on the ridgetop winds 40km/hr gusting to 80km/hr. Some minor wind loading in progress.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 60
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1900
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Foot Penetration
- 50
- Test Failure Depth
- 4
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow, variable
Mostly firm snow cover, but some postholing to knee/wasit deep. There was one area (1900m elevation approx.) with a very reactive thin wind slab only 2-4cm thick, may be an issue after new snow arrives. Otherwise no instabilities or faceted snow was observed in the snowpack.