Shames knolls
Snowpackchataway.mike · Jan 25, 2020 · Shames
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Tree bombs in lower Fayzur trees were not so great. Skiing was surprisingly good from the knolls to valley bottom. Point releases across the valley gained mass but looked to settle quickly.
Weather
Was warm today, -2 at ridge with light snow and S breeze. By afternoon clouds started to part and warmed to 2 at about 800m. Likely was drizzle at the lodge today.
Snowpack
Hand shear tests pulled out top 8" easily on melt freeze layer from Thursdays afternoon sun. May be interesting to watch during future snow falls.