Island Alpine Guides AST

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, windy, cold

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees, cutBlocks

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, windAffected, hard

Spent the day on Mt Washington BTL-TL. Mostly overcast with a trace of new, moderate winds coming out of the Northwest. Air temp mid day on the ridge was around -13. Dug a profile at 1500m, NE aspect, open area at TL. Upper snow pack is well consolidated,70 cm down still sits a MFcr(11/24/22)with some decomposing surface hoar, Faceted snow found at the bottom 30-40cm of the snowpack. HS was around 120-150. Compression test hard 22, sudden planar, down 105cm failed on the facets. No natural or human triggered avalanche activity observed but visibility was poor most of the day.