Cokely via Rosseau Chute
SnowpackBobby Hummer · Jan 9, 2020 · South Island
Quick report
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, crusty
Wonderful day out on Cokely. We chose to take the Rousseau Chute given the current avy ratings. We were conscious of the wind slab problem on North aspects but this deposited snow seemed to be bonding well. No signs of instability, decent turns, and a bonus tow up the old resort by a friendly sledder.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- E
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Sunny start to the morning, overcast rolled in around 1pm. Got down to camp and it began snowing ~4pm, continued until 6pm and turned into freezing rain. (~758m elev.).
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N, NW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1440
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Test Initiation
- none
- Foot Penetration
- 0
- Test Failure Depth
- 23
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow, variable
CTM 14 down 23cm CTH 24 down 30cm *both were PC & planar Found the persistent slab ~150cm down, wailed on it and it didn't really want to go.