Forester meadows
Quick reportskiasessippi · Mar 1, 2025 · North Columbia
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, heavy, wet, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp
We stayed in the bottom of the valley given the high temps. Did watch a group make the catamount climb but this seemed foolish given the state of the snowpack. Spent a lot of the day postholing up to my chest. Sled got stuck anytime i sawed through the top layer. No cohesion below 50 cm.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 10
- Max Temp
- 10
- Min Temp
- -1
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- E
- Storm Start Date
- 2025-02-26
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Some would say tropical.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 130
- Obs Type
- summary
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1600
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 80
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- corn, crust, variable
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Top 30-50 wet heavy wind loaded slab. Everything below this layer was extremely faceted and loose. Observed lots of pinwheeling on all aspects.