Hero's Knob... Not so heroic
Quick reportMichael Lawee · Jan 29, 2025 · South Columbia
Quick report
- Weather
- windy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, hard, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Breakable crust in sweet-sixteen made for terrible skiing. Surface crust (3-5cm thick, knife hardness) at TL made for challenging uphill progress. Don't bother till we get new snow... I shoulda know...
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -2
- Max Temp
- 0
- Min Temp
- -14
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Wind Direction
- W
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Extreme W gusts (had to stop walking and brace) as we moved up the treed rib on the SE side of the col. These were short lived and we had light winds at the col. Some snow transport during the gusty periods.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Site Elevation
- 2400
- Ski Penetration
- 0
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust
Crust was breaking on the untracked and on the decent but not sings of instability