Ghost Peak
Quick reportfinnwilkinson17 · Jan 29, 2025 · Long Range Mountains
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- sunnySlopes, steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, hard, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Large loose wet cycle on S-SW facing aspects near Ghost Peak across the previous couple of days. As it was another scorcher, we summited Ghost peak by 9am pre warming. Thin sun crust over 30-40cm of sugary facets above 2100. Another thicker ice crust sat below this with some larger (~4m) facets below that. Last 60m vert was scoured. Bit of a grovel up and variable skiing down. Large surface hoar development in tree line.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2440
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Test Failure Depth
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Large loose wet cycle on S-SW facing aspects near Ghost Peak across the previous couple of days. As it was another scorcher, we summited Ghost peak by 9am pre warming. Thin sun crust over 30-40cm of sugary facets above 2100. Another thicker ice crust sat below this with some larger (~4m) facets below that. Last 60m vert was scoured. Bit of a grovel up and variable skiing down. Large surface hoar development in tree line.