Whitewater Ski Resort Acidophilus Trees
Snowpackjeaster · Dec 28, 2016 · Ymir
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, cloudy, wet, stormy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, heavy
Tour: 0930 standard skin track up from Silver Queen to saddle. No obvious signs of instability on up track. Heavy blasting in resort. Skin track in pretty good shape; heavy people traffic. Could see across drainage to burn upon top out but visibility went down <500 meters before noon and stayed socked in until our descent at 1500. Observed one party trying to set up track up upper 1/3 of slope below half dome (whew). No observed avalanches during tour. Skiing was pretty good albeit a little heavy feeling at times. Coverage was deep enough to open things up and cruise off pillows for most of runs but close to drainage bottom things changed enough to warrant skiing with early season caution again.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- SE
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 193
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Site Elevation
- 2050
- Ski Penetration
- 35
- Foot Penetration
- 75
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Time 1050 EL 2100 m Aspect NE Cloud Cover OVC Precipitation S1 Air Temp 22 F Wind Speed L Dir SE Surf Form and Size PPsd 3-5mm