Not bad riding in bluebird conditions

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

openTrees, denseTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes

Snow Conditions

powder

Loads of hoar frost on the top layer, and a crust now buried from the warm cycle last week made breaking trail interesting. We toured up to the treeline and observed some slide residue on the other side of the valley, up to size 1.5. Riding down was deep powder but the buried crust made things interesting.

Snowpack

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

E

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

2550

Ski Penetration

15

Test Initiation

veryEasy

Foot Penetration

100

Test Failure Depth

12

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow, surfaceHoar

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

surfaceHoar, facets