Coire Dubh Integrale
Snowpackshea.goyette ยท Feb 6, 2023
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, sunny, windy
- Climbing Wind Conditions
- blowingSnowAboveTheClimb
A decent track had been beaten in, and the WI3 pitch is in good shape, with a few easily avoidable hollows on top of the bulge. Above, most of the rock was quite dry, the 5.7 pitch in particular, save a few blobs of ice. The snow in the lower and upper bowls was a mixture of hard (P-K) wind slab and shallow facets - travel was quick for the most part, with only occasional postholing.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Wind Direction
- W
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Moderate W winds observed at ridge top, with gusts in the strong to extreme range. Wind conditions in the bowl were calm, gusting to moderate, with minimal blowing snow.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 70
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E
- Site Elevation
- 1960
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- variable
Dug down and found two P-K hard wind slabs of 15-20cm thickness, separated by 2cm 1F hard. Below that, 1F-4F to ground.