No-see Morfee
Snowpacknorthrockiesfieldteam · Nov 25, 2023 · Pine Pass
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, windy, stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Thick fog at Morfee left us riding by feel as much as sight. We saw rime growing rapidly, even our sleds got covered in the time it took us to dig a profile. In the profile we saw the Dec1st weak layer in the mid pack, like the rest of the region. We poked into the alpine and in the whiteout we saw that the moderate southerly winds couldn't move the heavily rimmed snow. With the low visibility and lurking weak layer we decided to ride in simple terrain around the cabin.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -8
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- fog
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- S
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 90
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N, E
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1500
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 35
- Test Failure Depth
- 23
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
Dec 9 surface hoar was down only 10cm so not a problem yet but we're watching it if it snows. Dec 1st surface hoar was down 23, times and producing CTM and ECTN.