Nigel Basin
Quick reportrupertw · Feb 21, 2026 · Icefields
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
Good travel conditions on a supportive snowpack.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -7
- Max Temp
- -7
- Min Temp
- -15
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- New Snow24 Hours
- 0
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Inversion. Recent avalanche activity is limited to alpine elevation loose dry point releases of size 1 from steep rocks and not running very fare.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 150
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2400
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- crust, facets, variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
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