Watermelon Peak
Quick reportParks Canada Visitor Safety · Jan 20, 2023 · Fryatt
Quick report
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Had 2 whimpfs on ascent and descent in the alpine, no shooting cracks. Stayed on slopes 25 degrees or less. Dug a pit at 2500 m - height if snow was 90 cm, found Jan 4 surface hoar (3-4 mm) down 10 cm with Compression test broken results. Most notable result was the compression test moderate (11 taps) sudden collapse result down 55 cm and repeated twice. This sun crust on steep solar at treelime.