West Nadahini Creek

Quick report

Weather

sunny, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder

Day 1 of a few weeks in the area for our crew. In lieu of recent reports, and with a shortish timeline, we went out with an assessment mindset to do some snow science and a bit of recon in front of Nadahini / two sisters. A profile dug on an E aspect at 1380m (graphed below), found a thin crust (down 23-24) overlying a facet layer down 24-30. CTH 23 (30) SP. We also performed an ECT, resulting in a surprising ECTX. A hasty pit dug on E aspect at 1050m found another crust below this same facet layer, with the facet-lower crust interface failing on column isolation. These facets are our primary layer of concern, and we are interested in more obs on the distribution of the aforementioned lower crust. We did not observe any new avalanches.

Weather

Avg Temp

-5

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

scatteredClouds

Wind Direction

N

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

200

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

E

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1380

Ski Penetration

0

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

10

Test Failure Depth

30

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

variable

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

facets