Gorge-ous
SnowpackNic Hamilton · Nov 23, 2016 · Jordan
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Road in great shape with little snow (photo @ 1300m), slightly slick but most cars with winter tires will be A ok. Snow was great at all elevations we skied (road up to 1860m)
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Daily Temps: at 09:50 -0.5 @1485m; at 10:30 -0.8 @1595m; 11:30 -2.2 @1735m; 13:25 -3.8 @1950m
Snowpack
- Depth
- 165
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1950
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 0
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
consistent CTM(16,17,17) RP down 30 on storm snow. Another party in the area reported kicking off small sz 1 on this layer in steep terrain. Test pit NE on 40 deg slope. wind L from North.