Rain in the Duffy
Quick reportandreamtate · Jan 31, 2026 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm, wet
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Increasingly warm and wet throughout the day. Sticky but not too deep snow. See snow observations.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 218
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1900
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 20
- Test Failure Depth
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Test profile down 150cm on a small 33 deg slope in TL open meadow. Light snow/rain with moderate winds. Test results - CTH22 SC down 50 right underneath the crust on 1F rounds. ECTN26 same layer. We looked for FC & SH around the crust but didn't find any. Consistent temp gradient, no major fluctuations; -0.9 degrees at T10 to -2.1 degrees at 150cm.