Cowboy Ridge
Quick reportruss.fretenburg · Dec 26, 2023 · Stein
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Staying at K&C hut for a few days. Toured around on top of Cowboy Ridge and the Coral area. Beautiful day up there but snow was very wind affected. Did a couple laps down to Singing Pass looking for better snow in the trees but was very deep and heavy.
Weather
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 100
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1930
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 35
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
Dug a pit to the ground (not too hard right now) and did a column test. Two failures - H5 at 30cm down, below new snow on surface hoar layer. H7 down ~70cm just above hard crust.