Steep Peak
SnowpackSusanP · Jan 14, 2023 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder, heavy, hard
Top 10 cm of nice new fluffy snow above 2000m made for some fun skiing. Below 2000m with hard crust and froze tracks from previous skiers. Ski out of steep creak is a hard packed track with lots of uncovered branches. Lots of snowplowing through the forest and up track.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 0
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- W
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 190
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2050
- Test Initiation
- none
- Test Failure Depth
- 25
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Height of snow 190. Soft crust 25 cm. Pop on ECT at 25 cm, no propagation. Hard crust 80 cm down, rounded. Facets 160 com to ground.