Temp crust lurks
Quick reportjohnmbell · Apr 11, 2023 · North Island
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, heavy, powder, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Rode Greely trees so you don't have to. Good skiing stops around 2000m with a breakable temperature crust underneath 15-25cm of low density new snow.
Snowpack
ECTN16 down 50cm, CTE5 SP down 35cm x2, CTM16 SP down 50cm x2. Breakable temperature crust down 20-25cm, 3cm thick with decomposing stellars 1mm underneath. Failure plane crystals looked like decomposing stellars 1-2mm.