Bald Hills
Quick reportrupertw · Feb 23, 2026 · Maligne
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
No concerning signs of instability observed.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Storm Start Date
- 2026-02-23
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Started to snow at 1PM and continued with no wind until we left the area at around 16:00. New snow is warm and will likely bond ok to old colder snow surface.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 129
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Test Failure Depth
- 10
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Top 25% a couple of easy - hard shears in Fist snow. Mid 50% (midpack) very consolidated with no shears after hard spanking. Bottom 25% weak DH.