Flatiron bowl
SnowpackMichelle Hanna · Mar 12, 2023 · Coquihalla
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, sunny, cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, crusty
We were pleasantly surprised with great snow conditions from the car to the summit of Flatiron. We mostly only observed powder (maybe 15cm deep) not much crust. The only crust I’d mention is on a south facing slope that we skied but it was more like a styrofoam texture. There are cornices forming in the Flatiron bowl, NE aspect. Day started out sunny and storm rolled in around 3pm
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Windy on the summit and we could see blowing snow off the Markhor ridge. Day started sunny and ended with a snow storm although not too intense by 4pm. The snow coming down was very wet
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E, S
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Site Elevation Band
- tln, alp, btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Great snow conditions , we expected crust but got around 10-15cm of powder. We didn’t observe any instabilities