First ride of the year
Quick reportmitchell.larue · Dec 21, 2025 · South Okanagan
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, foggy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
100cm HS Several weak layers observed at 10cm, 30cm and 40cm. 30cm layer seemed the most concerning and was pencil hard melt freeze crust. The bottom 60cm is consolidated and stable. Overall, I did not see anything in the snowpack of significant concern.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 100
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- S
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
100cm HS Several weak layers observed at 10cm, 30cm and 40cm. 30cm layer seemed the most concerning and was pencil hard melt freeze crust. The bottom 60cm is consolidated and stable. Overall, I did not see anything in the snowpack of significant concern.