5 Mile
SnowpackBomberJ · Feb 28, 2021 · Chilkat Pass
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, wet
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Snowpack is over 320cm!
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -2
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Rainfall Rate
- showers
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- S
- New Snow24 Hours
- 20
- Storm Start Date
- 2021-02-27
- Storm Snow Amount
- 20
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- S, SW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 700
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 70
- Test Failure Depth
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- tln, btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
15-25cm of new over the weekend. The interface between the February cold spell facets and last weekend's snowfall is buried roughly 50cm deep. Moderate test results, with sudden fracture character at the interface. The storm snow was well bonded and we found minimal reactivity.