Steep Creek
Snowpacktsr.yau · Dec 22, 2019 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Great skiing on open mellow slopes off of the SE aspect of The Dome. Very shallow snow coverage in trees with a lot of early season hazard to navigate around. Whumpfing and shooting cracks by Darkside Lake (1690m).
Snowpack
Test Pit: 2mm surface hoar overlies 70cm fist - 4 finger density snow. 5cm thick crust sits below this with depth hoar size 4-8mm to ground. Observed facets above crust on solar aspects. Compression test moderate with sudden results below crust.
Avalanche
Most notable size 2- avalanche described above. Smaller 1-1.5 avalanches observed on northerly aspects around rocky features.