Jumbo Pass - Pit & Observation
SnowpackDanimal Kmart · Mar 15, 2020 · West Purcell
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, crusty
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Max Temp
- -5
- Min Temp
- -20
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- E
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Sunny and warm on Sunday. Calm following intense Sat winds.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 260
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- W
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 2178
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Pit test at 2178m in broken trees on 33 deg W aspect. ECT28. Top 30cm is soft (fist) snow in protected trees, with firm (2-3 finger) below. Near ridgeline (Treeline and all the way through alpine; 2250+m) is HEAVILY wind affected with ZERO ski pen. E winds left BOTH sides of Jumbo Pass wind affected. Good skiing down below in gladed and tight trees though warming quickly during the day.