Thunder Meadows
Quick reportjaminradley95 · Jan 11, 2026 · Lizard
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, windy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, hard, windAffected
Weekend stay at Thunder Meadows hut. Most southern aspects were heavily wind scoured with isolated pockets of cross loading. Skiing conditions in the Orca bowl were better, testing of steep wind loaded pockets showed little reactivity.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- SW
Moderate to strong winds from the southwest trended stronger from 01/10-01/11.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Ski Penetration
- 0
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust
The top 40 cms on a steep wind scoured S aspect at 1900 m contained several stiff crusts with 2-4 mm facets in between each crust.