Becher Crust
Quick reportThomas J. Robinson · Jan 9, 2022 · East Island
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Terrible
- Snow Conditions
- crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Crust all the way up to the top of Becher. Signs of past avalanche activity on wind loaded terrain, however a bomber crust has since formed over everything. Riding out was a task with the breakable crust. Lots of tree bombs (some the size of a person!) from the rapid warming in the afternoon.
Snowpack
Dug a pit near the top of Becher, NE facing. Had resistant failures on Hard 5 at 30cm down and 75cm down. Weak layer appeared to be facets.