Mica Mountain 747 slide path

Quick report

Alan Lerchs · Jan 30, 2021 · Kootenay Boundary

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Quick report

Ride Type
alpineSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, windAffected, powder

Isolated cracking of 5-10cm wind slab on top of sun crust in steep features near ridgetop, as to be expected. No failures or propagating. No other signs of instability. Skiing was great

Weather

About 10cm HST from Scattered flurries Thursday night and Friday

Snowpack

CTH24 break down 70 on crust. Likely early Nov rain or Mid December solar/melt freeze during inversion, but not sure. When we knocked the block over and it crashed into the bottom of the pit, it broke again down 40cm from surface, on what looked like decomposing SH, but again not sure.