Bow Summit
Snowpackbcastle · Dec 31, 2020 · West Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
Snowpack
- Depth
- 150
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E, NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Snowpack test failed planar clean CTH 26 down 30 cms. Failed planar clean CTH 27 down 50. Appeared both failures were on the two December crusts. The snow felt stable, powder skiing on top of supportive crust. No signs of instability noted.