Spring?

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

wet, powder

With spring like conditions in the Duffy, it is hard to find any instabilities in the snowpack. Of course, anything south facing at the moment is getting baked in the sun all day, producing pinwheels and light sloughing in the afternoon. A breakable sun-crust remains intact until the afternoon on S and E facing slopes. Observed one cornice failure, producing a sz .5 slab to fail under it on a due south facing slope, however even the very large cornices around Vantage and Joffre remain intact. Took a temp reading of -5 at the Anniversary Col, and the temp did not seem to fluctuate too much up higher, staying relatively cool.

Weather

Avg Temp

-5

Max Temp

-1

Min Temp

-11

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

clear

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

0

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Precipitation24 Hours

0