Apex 2ndary after the cold
Quick reportAG72 ยท Feb 15, 2025
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- hard, windAffected
Several weeks of cold N-NW wind and small shots of preserved powder mostly erased by one day of Moderate - Strong SE wind. SE aspect was wind board and / or wind pressed. Riding was not great but travel was easy.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -6
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Wind Direction
- NW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 4
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 135
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2172
- Ski Penetration
- 2
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
ECTP24 on a layer of concern suspecting 2025-01-31 MFcr / FC based on failure depth of 30cm HS = 135cm. SE aspect, 30 degree slope Ps of 2cm increased to 15cm in sheltered areas. HS in area of profile not representative of entire area, as some areas were wind scraped down to the heather and rock.