Windy pow!

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Today we had many red flags pop out at us as we travelled through terrain at tree line and alpine. We stepped back from our plan A to plan B keeping it more conservative. There was a lot more wind activity than expected in the area ,more so at alpine elevations in the wide open. The new storm snow had a stiff slab within the storm slab that was probably made with the high winds that came with the storm the last 24 hours. The storm snow was about 50cm thick and the density change of the stiff slab was down about 20cm. Below the storm snow there is faceted snow from the cold snap we got. Not a good recipe for the warming we are about to get…I’ll be stepping back for the next little while waiting to see what happens to the snow with the rise in temps we’re about to get…

Weather

Avg Temp

-15

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

fewClouds

Wind Direction

NE

New Snow24 Hours

50

Storm Start Date

2024-01-17

Storm Snow Amount

50

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none