pterodactyl

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

cutBlocks

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder, windAffected

Ski'd Just south of Pterodactyl Peak above the asulkan Cabin. Temps were milder only -20ish for the day. Snow was sticky with a thing 2cm wind affected layer up at the top. Below there was lost of fresh snow from the last dump. We were able to get some loose sluff on convex features on the side of tree triangle. Overall the turns at the top made it worth the slog through the valley to get out.

Weather

Avg Temp

-20

Max Temp

-16

Min Temp

-25

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

clear

New Snow24 Hours

0

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Precipitation24 Hours

0

Snowpack

Depth

124

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NW

Site Elevation

2100

Test Initiation

moderate

Test Failure Depth

35

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

variable

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

crust, facets

Performed Column test and failed CTM15 at the ice layer 35cm down. Continued the test to CTM28 where it failed on the facets from Early Dec at 90cm. The snow pack is quite consolidated between the 2 failure layers, I would suspect a large slab avy to happen if you were able to trigger on the early season facets.