Fraser Peak East Face from Border Parking Lot - Whiteout
Snowpackbenfeltmate · Apr 3, 2022 · White Pass West
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Full Day in these two videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epSbfO9EWRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnUuomTEu08
Weather
- Max Temp
- 9
- Min Temp
- 4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Rainfall Rate
- drizzle
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 3
- New Snow24 Hours
- 8
- Storm Start Date
- 2022-04-03
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 80
over 2.5 cm of snow fell during a 1 hour lunch break and continued to fall for the next 3 hours.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 110
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1420
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 25
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- other
Assuming wind-affected layer at failure. Failure occurred only when maximum effort full arm impacts on isolated column took place.