Bow Summit area
Quick reportds.healey · Jan 10, 2026 · West Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm, windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -3
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Blowing Snow
- intense
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- W
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Strong winds & downdrafts, along with a very warm (for the Rockies) afternoon made for a blustery day. Extensive snow plumes at treeline & above. Cornices still small & tender,
Snowpack
- Depth
- 175
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2150
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 25
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- other
Compression test result with 28 taps, with a sudden planar break. A thin layer of partially decomposed dendrites appeared to be the failure layer, with a 4 finger (resistance) slab above, and 1 finger slab below. The failure layer was 3-5mm thick and approximately fist resistance, ie weak in structure. This may have been a layer that existed roughly where the surface hoar layer is present in the snowpack.