Allan Creek in the Cariboos
Snowpackcurtis · Dec 23, 2016 · Premier
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy, warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Crazy south westerly winds! Windwards slopes pressed hard. Lee asp are quite variable with loading and distribution. Snow at 2000m 145cm. Storm snow 55cms. 40cm very loose unconsolidated snow on top of a 4f wind slap all sitting on top the yuk from the last drought. No avalanche activity noticed but be careful with the upper slab gains a bit of consistency
Snowpack
- Depth
- 145
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2086
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets, other
Moderate results 40cm down for the new unconsolidated snow on top of of a 15cm 4f windslab. Hard sudden colapse results below the windslab on the mid Dec $hit show.