Ymir Bowl

Snowpack

canoewood ยท Nov 27, 2016

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Quick report

Weather
foggy
Ride Type
steepSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
ok
Snow Conditions
windAffected, crusty

ZR crust 2mm down 0-10cm

Weather

Avg Temp
-5
Wind Speed
windSpeedLight
Blowing Snow
none
Sky Condition
fog
Wind Direction
SW
New Snow24 Hours
0
Storm Snow Amount
27
Temperature Trend
steady
Precipitation Type
none
Precipitation24 Hours
0

Snowpack

Depth
200
Obs Type
summary
Site Aspect
W
Test Fracture
resistant
Site Elevation
2350
Ski Penetration
15
Test Initiation
moderate
Foot Penetration
45
Test Failure Depth
85
Site Elevation Band
tln
Surface Conditions
variable
Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
stormSnow, crust

Full profile pit. HS 200cm. 3mm ZR down 10cm. 4cm thick melt freeze down 85cm . CTE3 at 15cm, CTE4 at 25cm, CTM20 at 50cm, CTH23 at 85cm on meltfreeze,planar. TEMP gradient basically linear at -4 surface to -0 ground. Air at -5. No observations of sluffs etc.