St. Nicholas

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, alpineSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

windAffected

Great day up on the wapta, seeing great skinning conditions and boot packing conditions up to st. Nic. Travel through bow lake up the headwall was relatively relaxed with pockets of Isolated mostly unsupportive windslab in immediate Lee's coming out of the creek and up to bow hut. No major instability noted. On the glacier itself Seeing good coverage with good travel on wind scoured surfaces. Skiing down, however, was much less enjoyable. Crevasses have mostly filled with some decent sagging noted in the larger crevasses aproaching the st Nic mt. Olive call. Boot pack from the call to st Nic was very pleasurable, with great views and light winds

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

clear

Wind Direction

W

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Obs Type

point

Site Elevation

2650

Test Initiation

none

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

crust, facets