Summit Creek powder day

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

We skied low angle slopes at Summit Creek. Plenty of beautiful fresh powder at tree line, anything above became wind affected and hard. We dug a pit on a South East aspect 24 degree angle slope, here’s what we found: - snow 160cm deep - 20 cm of fresh powder on top - Planar weak layer 50cm from surface - Facet layer 65cm from surface - No movement of layers upon ECT/tapping test. The layers only moved when pried, and were very cohesive blocks. - at the base was a thick layer of hard ice