Crystal ridge roadside
Quick reportmatthew · Jan 8, 2024 · East Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- openTrees, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Sluffing was evident during the ski down, sharks were still out and about on steeper slopes and lee areas affected by wind. Looking across the road above crowfoot would see sluff/ dry snow coming down the cliffs about once an hour during the day
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
No snow blowing on ridge tops, air temps were around -14/15 degrees consistently at 2300-2600 meters over 3 hours
Snowpack
- Depth
- 100
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- SW, W
- Site Elevation
- 220
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 65
- Site Elevation Band
- tln, alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
ECTN 27, down 65 on facets. Propagation was 40 cm along test block. Did not progress after 2 additional loading steps