Windy Pass
Snowpackdale.robert.heffernan · Dec 20, 2020 · White Pass West
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, hard, deepPowder, windAffected
White Pass = windy pass. Lots of snow being moved around up there. Winds were gusting up to 60 km/h all day, and vis came and went. Conditions were super variable from bottomless pow in the trees and sheltered area to almost (and soon to be) wind blasted crust above treeline. Dug a couple of pits, around treeline on the NE apsect. 225 cm of total snow, 15 cm of new snow, snow densitiy increased with depth. A 15 cm thick ice crust was about 80 cm down. A second ice layer was encountered at the bottom of th pit (~115 cm down) this layer seemed much thicker and very difficult to dig into.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- S
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 225
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1150
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
testing below 15 cm resulted in CTH with resistant planar failure.