Grey Day
Quick reportjonno1 · Nov 16, 2024 · Ymir
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
Chilly grey day up high, with just enough visibility to get some good turns in. Had to play the aspect up higher as the thin (~2cm) breakable sun crust on steeper South facing slopes made skiing tricky with early season legs and lots of ground cover to avoid....
Snowpack
- Depth
- 120
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E, N, S, SE, SW
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust, facets, newSnow
Fairly healthy early season snowpack, up to 120cm ~2100m. Appears to be settled and right-side up, with not much cohesion (=nice pow turns) in the upper 15-30cm and some surface faceting at higher elevations on Polar aspects. Due south has a thin sun crust (1-2cm) that was breakable and made for awkward but not impossible skiing. Only observations on South were between 2200m and 1900m.