WTH
Quick reportmrjosephdimatteo · Dec 10, 2023 · Valhalla
Quick report
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, crusty
After staying at the WTH from Friday night to Sunday morning we made some general notes for the area: -crusty layer consistent from 1300m to 1900m buried beneath 5-10cm of fresh storm slab/wind slab -Friday night cold temps surface hoar present, possibly buried/ destroyed by Saturday afternoon winds - Sunday morning warm temps/ fresh snow made skinning VERY difficult due to stickiness, layers sliding -granular snow consistently present beneath crust -decided to abandon any attempts at decent skiing due to obvious instability between the newly deposited snow. -many creeks and holes still exposed due to low snow Would advise against skiing in the area until the snowpack has stabilized and some of the hazards have filled in
Snowpack
- Depth
- 115
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E, SE
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 1850
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow, crust
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar, facets, crust
After staying at the WTH from Friday night to Sunday morning we made some general notes for the area: -crusty layer consistent from 1300m to 1900m buried beneath 5-10cm of fresh storm slab/wind slab -Friday night cold temps surface hoar present, possibly buried/ destroyed by Saturday afternoon winds - Sunday morning warm temps/ fresh snow made skinning VERY difficult due to stickiness, layers sliding -granular snow consistently present beneath crust -decided to abandon any attempts at decent skiing due to obvious instability between the newly deposited snow. -many creeks and holes still exposed due to low snow Would advise against skiing in the area until the snowpack has stabilized and some of the hazards have filled in