Winter is gettin there
SnowpackAlex Gosselin · Nov 30, 2023 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, denseTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Good day up the ravens. Last week storm really help the coverage. The approach is pretty much free of rock and obstacle and is really fast. A good 40-50 cm of snow on top of the rain crust made up for good riding. There was sign of wind affected area where the Strong SE wind hit yesturday night during the storm (some group from the hut reported 80km/h wind). We did encounter a few wind/storm slab in less shelter area (more info in snowpack section). Overall fell like the winter is settling in and the snow is back ! Ride On !
Snowpack
- Depth
- 150
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1900
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Test Failure Depth
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Dug a pit mid-run to investigate the reactive snow storm. ECT gave a RP down 20 cm on E4 propagating across the whole colomn. Fresh snow from last night felt reactive but the rest felt like it was starting to consolidate. Couldn't gget anything to release on rain crust or below. We did notice SH under the rain crust.