Retallack sled ski
Quick reporthab.23 · Feb 22, 2025 · Long Range Mountains
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, stormy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, openTrees, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
We dug pits before skiing near Retallack lodge. Snow pack was about 170 cm deep. We did 2 ECT (extended column tests) with the same results: - RP (resistant planar) on 1 tap at 10 cm down no propagation Warmer storm snow appears to be slabbing up. We also did a compression test: - RP also on 1 tap at 10 cm down. - RP at 18 taps about 70 cm down on the facet layer. Chose to ski mellow lines in tight trees because of concerns about sloughing at steeper angles.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 170
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1880
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Foot Penetration
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow, facets