Rossiter Trees
Quick reportsmj.moncks · Jan 21, 2024 · Retallack
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, deepPowder
Day 2 of lodge based AST2 course with Kootenay Backcountry Guides. As the day went by the fog started lowering. Near zero temperatures throughout the day at 1250m-2100m. No natural avalanches observed Snow was deep but heavier and less coverage the lower we got. Light flurries throughout the day
Snowpack
- Depth
- 175
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- S
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2040
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 80
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets, stormSnow
Extended column test showed no results. Compression test showed CTE3 - 20cm down sudden planar on facets, CTM17 - 50cm down non-planar break , CTH30 - 80cm down sudden on facets under melt freeze sun crust. Bottom snowpack showed multiple layers of crust with facets.