Early season quality

Quick report

sariq14 · Dec 28, 2025 · Long Range Mountains

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Quick report

Weather
warm
Ride Type
mellowSlopes
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

Recent new snow from two back to back systems. 50+cm of storm snow sitting on a 1-2cm layer of faceted snow. This layer failed under 5 medium compression. This seemed to be concentrated in gullies or areas where there was higher possibility of moisture. Knife hard ice layer was present at 60+cm down but was unreactive.