Thar Basin
Snowpackjasminehdd · Mar 20, 2022 · Coquihalla
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, cloudy, stormy, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Had a quick trip for some blower powder and fun turns in the Thar Basin. Stayed at lower elevation and avoided North windloaded aspects to avoid triggering wind slabs. Didn't see any avalanches, but spoke to another group who said there was signs of slabbing on similar aspects at higher elevation.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Precipitation Type
- snow
New snow all day made for lovely riding. Windy when we stopped to dig our pit. The wind was changing visibility rapidly from blowing snow, to fog, to light cloud cover.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 200
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- S
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1600
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 25
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Dug a pit did a column test. Found a melt freeze crust 10-15 cm down not problematic. Found a deeper rotten crust 25 cm down approx 10 cm thick and very sugary. CTM 13 sudden pop 25 cm down CTH 24 collapse on same layer