Parker ridge
Quick reportk8whiting · Nov 17, 2024 · Icefields
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N, NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2200
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Test Failure Depth
- 23
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Dug a CT to test for new:old snow bonding. New snow appears to have fallen wet to dry and bonds well to the old snow surface. A 1cm soft crust exists ~23cm down within the storm snow producing a CTE result. Isolated areas at alpine ridge crest are icy with 3-5cm new snow on top, forming a slippery bed surface to travel on.