Lyautey N Glacier pit
Quick reportbensoneff · May 7, 2023 · Field
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- hard, wet
Went up to Lyautey N glacier. We where going to ski the main couloir but realized we where a bit late and wanted to be sure of the snowpack first. I dug a full profile at 2550m on the glacier. We found a deep 260cm snowpack with couple big MFC and a generally solid snowpack ranging from 1F near the top to P near the base. Check 2nd photo for pit details. Lots of evidence of DP avalanches from the big warm up but nothing that seemed recent. Snow up high on N aspect did not get isothermic all day. Valley bottoms was pretty much clear up to the forks campground.