Powder king peak

Snowpack

Trapper Gilowski · Dec 21, 2019 · Chic-Choc Mountains

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Quick report

Weather
warm, foggy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

We experienced whumphing while touring up towards the peak to dig our snow pit we had a few layers of concern and stuck to mellow terrain

Weather

The day got foggy later into the afternoon

Snowpack

We had a few layers react in our compression tests CTE 3-6 down 12cm (storm snow interface) CTM 10-12 Down 32cm this layer also reacted in our ECTH24 all the way across. This information was what we figured we would see in our snowpack after reading the bulletin this morning