Evening Ridge NE

Snowpack

Adam Ekvall · Dec 27, 2020 · North Rockies

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Weather
cold, cloudy, sunny
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
powder

Busy day (lots of skiers) at Hummingbird Pass/Evening Ridge. We dug a pit at 1840m on the Northeast aspect of Evening Ridge, and noted a hard failure (CT25) when we did a compression test, on the early December rain crust/surface hoar persistent layer. We did not see any signs of recent avalanches in the last 48 hours. Some minor cracking was noted on a steeper (>30 degree) Southwest slope on the shoulder of White Queen.

Snowpack

Dug a pit on a NE aspect of Evening Ridge. CT25, failure was a drop on the early December rain crust/surface hoar persistent weak layer.