Iceberg Lettuce

Quick report

Weather

cold, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

hard, windAffected

We skied up to the base of Taiya from the Summit Creek drainage intending to ski a big south facing line, but opted for mellow slopes once we got there due to the marginal snow conditions - cold, crunchy, sad times. For all of our trip the snow was hard and wind packed, some dust on crust in patches - with the exception of the treed features close to the highway which had soft, fluffy powder in abundance. We dug a pit near the line we initially planned to ski, on the south face of Taiya at 1390m elevation. Slope angle was 29 degrees. Pit results: - 260cm of snow total - ~4cm layer of firm old wind affected wind slab on top, which then softens under that to a crust 20cm from the top - firm snow to 40cm from top, where there is an ice crust - another crust at 50cm - our ECT test yielded a nil result - no slab failure or propagation