Gorge Powder Laps

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, foggy, cold

Ride Type

steepSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, windAffected

Rode some phenomenal powder from Km 17 parking Lot. Toured up and put in a few laps from working our way out to North Queest and back. Skiied steep supported slopes in deep powder on North/North East and East aspects. The current fresh snow is sitting on a crust about 40cm down as consistently seen throughout the area. We experienced settling on convex test features. 1900m CT12, resistant planar, 40cm crust Test results and observations lead us to feel comfortable skiing steep supported slopes. We avoided convex features and moved conservatively through exposed areas. Amazing powder conditions persist at the gorge and the crust appears to be present but not currently highly reactive on the aspects we skiied. Conservative terrain management and decision making lead to some amazing riding

Weather

Avg Temp

-6

Max Temp

-4

Min Temp

-10

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

New Snow24 Hours

3

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

snow

Snowpack

Depth

225

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

E, NE, SE

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

1900

Ski Penetration

20

Test Initiation

moderate

Foot Penetration

45

Test Failure Depth

40

Site Elevation Band

tln, btl

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

crust

1900m CT12, resistant planar, 40cm crust Test results and observations lead us to feel comfortable skiing steep supported slopes.