Windy Fraser Laps

Quick report

Weather

warm, windy, cloudy

Ride Type

openTrees, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, convexSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

hard, windAffected, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Ride the right side of the Fraser gully. Conditions were variable, with pockets of accumulation, and areas where the underlying crust has been exposed. In the trees this crust was generally buried about 10-20cm of soft slabby snow. We saw some shooting cracks on steeper convex slopes, and caused a small isolated windslab pocket to propagate right around treeline on a steeper slope. Following that we skied mellow slopes in the trees as the skiing was better in the sheltered areas

Weather

Avg Temp

-2

Wind Speed

windSpeedStrong

Blowing Snow

intense

Sky Condition

overcast

Wind Direction

NE

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

S, SW

Ski Penetration

15

Cracking Observed

1

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

variable, crust, newSnow