Elbow Lake
Weatherfleming4neil · Nov 14, 2020 · Highwood Pass
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected
Shallow snow but decent ski quality. 10 cm soft powder with some wind affect. Great weather for an early season walk. Snow is deep enough to ski but lots of things poking through underneath.
Weather
Gusty wind with some blowing snow accumulating in drifts and vertical cornices along a creek.
Snowpack
Compression test in open drifted SE aspect. HS 55 CTE 3 dn 10 cm at base of F windsl CTM 15 dn 25 at base of 4f windsl Rain crust very supportive. Foot pen down to the crust.
Avalanche
Observed debris from recent small natural slab avalanche coming out of steep rocky alpine gully.