Sherpa Peak SPLITFEST

Quick report

Weather

foggy, cloudy

Ride Type

openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Calm and mild (-5) day with low cloud and terrible vis. Rode the SE slope from Sherpa Peak down into Qua basin. Large surface hoar visible in some open areas and clear sun affect on south facing slopes and some shedding from south facing trees. Some sluffing as we rode down, but no signs of deeper instability. Hiked back up to the ridge line and dropped back into resort to ride through Trash. A natural size 1 had occurred on the north facing chute we chose as our route down, unsure of when it might have happened. NOTE: Someone has bootpacked the skin track up to the ridgeline. There's some sizeable holes to scoot over. Until the snow has filled them back in, it would potentially be faster to head up the skintrack from Catch Basin skiway and backtrack along the ridgetop.

Weather

Avg Temp

-5

Max Temp

-5

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

fog

New Snow24 Hours

0

Storm Snow Amount

30

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

SE

Ski Penetration

10

Foot Penetration

40

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

surfaceHoar

Whumpfing Observed

1