Snowpack remains weak and faceted.
Quick reportEBL Mountain Guiding · Apr 4, 2026 · White Pass West
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
We skied conservative low angle sheltered TL features to 25 degrees and an alpine slope of 30 degrees that had previously avalanched. All between 900 and 1300m. 2 Large settlements on low angle terrain at around 1100m.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 130
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1050
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 20
- Test Failure Depth
- 65
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- facets, variable
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust, depthHoar, facets
Test profile at 1000m, 15 degres, North, on exposed TL rib. HS 130cm Overall highly faceted snowpack. CTE 6 (SC), ETCN 4 down 20cm on Facets (2-3mm) below Crust. CTH28 (SC), ECTN 26 down 65cm on Facets/Depth Hoar 3-4mm Lack of cohesion and slab properties within the upper snowpack seems to limit propagation propensity of PWL in shallow/scoured areas.