Balu Pass
Quick reportwillwoodsguiding · Nov 20, 2024 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, foggy, stormy, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Went for a walk today up to Balu Pass and dug in the snow because it was my first day in the area this season. Results on the Snowpack tab.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 170
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
Dug to see what was going on with the crusts towards the bottom of the snowpack. Three prominent crusts, one down 85cm, one down 125cm and one down 140cm. I suspect the two at the bottom are a part of the late October crust laminate that is on the radar. A well settled, right side up snowpack mostly with no results on ECT. The top and bottom crusts were P/P+, but the middle one, down 125cm was 1F and had big facets on top of it. Seemed like it was quickly breaking down. Did a Deep Tap test on it and got DTM14 (RP) result in the facets over the middle crust.