Grey / Kirkup
Quick reportrogersylvesterhull · Dec 18, 2021 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, stormy, windy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Strong Northernly winds at the top of Mt. Grey On average 100cm HS at 1900 - 2000m elevation. Whumping was heard on the ridge between grey and kirkup in densely treed areas. Our snow pit on the ridge at 1980m resulted in a planar release on the late November rain crust 30cm down CTM ~4. Convex rollovers in low angle terrain released slabs and propagated 2-3 meters.