Grizzly Shoulder

Quick report

Weather

windy, warm, cloudy

Ride Type

convexSlopes, steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees, mellowSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, wet, heavy, crusty

Skinned up Grizzly Shoulder and skied down to Rogers run. Above treeline the snow was wind packed with a breakable crust on S aspects and loose fluffy on N aspects. The day was cloudy with low vis. Below 1500m the snow transitioned from being dry powder on the morning to wet loose powder in the afternoon. All aspects and elevations are poorly bonded to the crust below.

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

15

Storm Snow Amount

15

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

snow

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Test Fracture

unevenBreak

Site Elevation

2300

Ski Penetration

20

Foot Penetration

30

Test Failure Depth

25

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow, crust

We found crusts developing on S facing aspects while N aspects were wind loaded and skiing well. ~20cm of new snow sitting on a hard crust, this layer was poorly bonded. We triggered a couple size 1 dry loose slides above treeline. Below treeline (1500m) the snow was wet and heavy, with poor bonding. It was easy to trigger small wet loose sluffs that ran for up to 10m in length on steeper terrain.