Tuned - lower bench

Quick report

Weather

warm, foggy, wet

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

heavy

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp

Moist surface snow up and around the Cabin and in the surrounding meadows. Good riding, new snow from yesterday is full mashed potatoes. There’s still fun to be had. Mixed bag of precip throughout the day. Rain, snow, snow rain…that’s not a thing, but my jacket says it is. Just barely below freezing with a -2 at 1900m.

Weather

Avg Temp

-2

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Rainfall Rate

drizzle

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

SW

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

mixedSnowRain

Snowpack

Depth

140

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

N

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1839

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

55

Test Failure Depth

91

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

surfaceHoar, facets

While the time wasn’t there to repeat the test, but the most notable result from the profile was an ECTH sudden planar ‘Cash register’ on rounding Surface hoar (up to 6mm) and facets down 91cm. Also got a hard 29 result on this layer in a compression test SP. It’s tough to date that layer, I would call it the late Nov interface, but the guy I was riding with said that was 20cm higher as he was out there. Which is also present with a small crust, facets, and rounding surface hoar but smaller 2-3mm. I totally forgot to take a picture 🤦‍♂️ Going to look for the same problem on the other side of the cariboo river in the goose range…stay tuned.