Round Mountain
Quick reportJustin Partridge · Dec 28, 2024 · Garibaldi
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, stormy
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Just to add to the previous MIN from today: We skied the trees on the S side of Round and they skied great. About 25cm of storm snow was running easily in steeper sections but not propagating, or sliding as cohesive slabs. That said, we did a few hand shears at the point marked by the pin on this report, and that top 25cm of snow slid as a slab that ran easily on a 3cm breakable crust. The crust was very easy to break in my hands and we didn't notice it while we skied. We didn't find that crust on the N side of Round and the snow was deep and heavy.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Ski Penetration
- 40
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Test Failure Depth
- 34
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Hand shears produced 25cm storm slab that popped easily on a 3cm breakable crust.