Rogers Pass Powder
Quick reportdeclanknies · Dec 6, 2025 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, stormy, wet
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
Toured up balu pass to check out STS, ended up skiing Niccy's due to wind issues. Popped small storm slabs at the top which slid to just below the crux (stopped at about 35 degrees) Rest of the line skied very well. Deep, consistent powder. Got heavier the lower we got once below about 1800 meters.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
beautiful snowy day, moderate temps and heavy snowfall all day.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 138
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1990
- Ski Penetration
- 19
- Test Initiation
- none
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Dug two pits on N facing slopes on Balu pass around 30 degrees. Found 120-140 cms of snow. ECTX on one, no results on the other compression test. Rain crust was present at 80cms but was completely unreactive. New snow was not slabby in the pits, but was slabby in exposed areas. We managed to pop a W facing chunk ascending to Niccy's on Cheops, and popped the top of Niccy's ski cutting.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 25
- Slab Width
- 4
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- downFlow
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 15
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 43
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2200
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2175
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2025-12-05
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-12-06T19:26:00.000Z
Niccy's Notch