Black Queen Cold Smoke

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, powder

Avalanche Conditions

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Conditions were deep, blower and stable in the Black Queen and Acidophilus area. Trail breaking back up was the price of admission. Snow Profile (ECT & CT) 11:50am 2095m elevation 20 degrees SSE aspect ECTX 12:05pm 2095m elevation 20 degrees SSE aspect CTH4 RP @ 63cm down Density (Top 108cm of snowpack) 26cm F (Storm snow) 20cm 4F (Settled storm snow) 36cm 1F (Settled dense snow with decomposing crust layer 52cm down) 3cm Facets (Above rain crust) 3cm Pencil (rain crust) 20cm 1F (Settled old snow)

Snowpack

Site Aspect

SE

Test Fracture

resistant

Ski Penetration

30

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

60

Test Failure Depth

6

Site Elevation Band

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