Wolverine lake

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Today we decided to go into a different zone- to explore some tree skiing into NE end of Whitepass. In general the snowpack was shallower than the West part of Whitepass. Our snow profile demonstrated 2 significant surface hoar layers, one at 12cms and one at 45 cms. The deeper layer produced ECTP (21 and 23) at 45 cms deep. Overall the whole snowpack exhibited weak structure with facets throughout. We felt whumpfing in the alpine on wind affected low angle slopes (1600m). We did not feel any whumpfing at treeline- as was reported a week ago in the same area. Our day was a mix of sun and cloud, calm wind, no temps above freezing. We linked low consequence terrain to navigate this relatively weak snow pack and ended up having a great day! Wear some sunscreen.