Paul Ridge
Snowpackrlangfor · Nov 27, 2016 · North Selkirk
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, wet
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, deepPowder, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp
Although we stuck to the trees, we did see some skiers venturing into more open slopes on the North side of Round mountain... Noted 40-50cm and 1-2m wide crowns on treed slopes that did not leave much debris.
Weather
- Max Temp
- -3
- Min Temp
- -7
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 2
- Wind Direction
- SW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 45
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
rain down approx 1000-1100m
Snowpack
- Depth
- 180
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1500
- Ski Penetration
- 40
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 150
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Wind: light SSW Did both a compression test and a shovel shear test. South aspect HS 180cm (would have expected more on the N slope) Dug down 150cm and did not see 1112 MFCr 30cm F on top of 40cm 4F, 4F to depth Compression test results: CTE7 down 30cm, CTM16 down 40cm on density change, CTH22 down 132cm. Quickly did a deep tap test on snow beneath 132cm but it didn't produce any results. Shovel shear test results: STE SP down 30cm and down 40cm and uneven break at 132cm. I would expect a deeper snowpack on N slopes given heavy S/SSW winds lately. Into the trees also noticed ski pen was breaking through the density change, however no whumpfs or shooting cracks.