Hero’s Knob Lower Basin
Quick reportnoahledrewevans · Jan 18, 2026 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cold, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
AST2 Group with UCalgary Outdoor Center. Fun day and learned a ton! high -5C, light wind from NW, mix of sun and cloud. popular central creek crossing was unbridged. best to use sawmill or small clearing to the south until new snow comes.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 190
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Site Elevation
- 2080
- Test Failure Depth
- 65
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust, surfaceHoar
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
2080m, N slope, 25 degrees, open treeline glades. CT20SP, down 65cm. ECTP23 down 65cm. suspected wind slab. HS190cm. whole snowpack was pencil-density except ~10cm of finger-density 50cm down. no observation of nov13 rain crust.