Cheops West Ridge + North Bowl
Snowpackjoshb123 · Mar 4, 2021 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, windy, sunny
- Riding Quality
- good
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Snowpack
- Depth
- 110
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- W
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2500
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust, facets, variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Had a really nice day in the sunshine on the west ridge of Cheops before dropping into the North Bowl. Near the top of the west ridge we did 2x compression tests with mixed results. CTE6 down 20ish cm on the first column and sudden CTM1 down 90cm on the second. Was expecting to see more snow moving around on solar aspects looking to the north but only observed 1x natural sz1.5 below a cliff band just above tree-line on the east side of hospital bowl. Found some nice cold snow in Cheops north bowl. First min report. Be nice.