Red Cabin Below Treeline

Quick report

Weather

warm, cloudy

Ride Type

openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

heavy

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Temperature remained around 0 all day Snow began in the evening Dec 7 and continued through the night Total snowfall over that period was about 15cm on top of the 215cm snow depth reported in snowpack details

Weather

Avg Temp

0

Max Temp

0

Min Temp

-2

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

New Snow24 Hours

0

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

215

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NE

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1602

Test Initiation

hard

Test Failure Depth

170

Site Elevation Band

btl

Surface Conditions

variable

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

facets

Snowpack conditions after warming up to Dec 7 and before the snowfall Dec 7 overnight/ Dec 8 Multiple freeze-thaw layers in snowpack At 150cm depth there are large structured facets below the heavy snowfall of early Dec Snow sluffing on slopes around 35 degrees on NE aspect in trees near Red Cabin Layer in photo and facets on shovel in photo are from November's crust layer at 70cm CT 1 - 29 degree slope: CTE5-9 PC 210 of snow in freeze-thaw layer CTM6-9 BRK 195 CTH7 SP 170 > Restart compressions at 170 CTH10 SP 140 > Deep tap test above November crust at 70cm CTH8 SC 70 CT 2 - 29 degree slope: CTM8 PC 195 CTH5 SP 170 CTH7 SP 160