Steep Creek

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, heavy, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Snow pack filling in well in alpine open bowls. Steeper zones still a bit shallow and peppery, treed runs likely need more snow. Observed 20-40cm (4F) of new snow on top of 20-30cm of small(0.5mm 1F) faceted grains with a crust down 75-80cm. Snow pack seems to be bonding well to the crust. No observed snow pack results on crust. By midday Friday, upper storm snow starting a SZ 2 natural cycle out of steep terrain with the warming. This 20-40cm upper storm snow will likely keep failing on the faceted layer with warming.