Knuckleheads
Quick reportharwoodpaul · Dec 15, 2024 · Powell River
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
10 - 20 cm of new snow on top of a thin crust that decreased with elevation. With the well-settled snow below, it skied well. I suspect it might disappear above 1500m. There were a few storm interfaces but little evidence of instability or propagation. Snowpack was 170cm at 1400m north aspect, and the earlier crust was solid and down 50 to 60cm. We could see evidence of cross-loading (but didn't travel in the alpine). There were no avalanches other than a few small deposits out of steep, unskiable terrain.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 170
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 1400
- Test Initiation
- none
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Test pit @ 1400m, N asp, HS 170, 30 deg, Open TL ECTN dn 20 above a thin MFcr (mid-storm warming) CTN