Below Burnt Knob
Quick reportelenabruns · Jan 9, 2026 · Gold
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Dug a quick pit and noted a planar fracture at CTM 11 down 35cm. The snow above 35 cm is still very unconsolidated. Assuming this layer is the Jan surface hoar but weren't able to visualize surface hoar on the crystal screen. We planned to ski mellow slopes below burnt knob and stuck to this plan. Did not see any cracking or slab properties developing in our area. Very light fluffy pow.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 205
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1300
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 35
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow