Not so powder
Quick reportDrewG · Mar 9, 2026 · South Okanagan
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
Half decent riding in the right wind loaded pockets but still not really. Otherwise scrapey terrible crust(not surprising).
Snowpack
- Depth
- 170
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2127
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Moderate to hard results in recent storm snow(10-20cm down)laminated between recent melt freeze crust and another crust. Remainder of snowpack evaluated(100cm down) seems well bonded and stable.