Quartz hill
Quick reportmatthew ยท Dec 17, 2023
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, windy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, sunnySlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Variable HS on the NW aspect of the false summit of Quartz hill. There were heavily wind affected areas on ridges and away from trees, the small slopes that could slide were forming small cookies that popped off.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- New Snow24 Hours
- 1
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 0
Very variable wind direction. Limited solar inputs on the day. Near end of day (1530 hrs) fog was present and obscuring visibility. Air temp was between -4.8 C and -6.2C when we took temps
Snowpack
- Depth
- 45
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2480
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 38
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- surfaceHoar, variable
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- depthHoar, facets
CT 11 (SC) down 40 repeated twice. Depth hoar around size 2 T10 -5.7 Celsius T down 38 -2.1 Celsius