Lazy boy

Quick report

daveslade14 · Mar 29, 2025 · Cariboos

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Quick report

Weather
warm, cloudy, wet
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
wet, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp

Many very large 3-3.5 size slides on all aspects, none appeared to have slid today

Snowpack

Obs Type
point
Site Aspect
E
Test Fracture
resistant
Site Elevation
1980
Test Initiation
hard
Test Failure Depth
20
Site Elevation Band
alp
Surface Conditions
newSnow
Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
crust

Found two weak layers in the Snowpack, storm snow 15-20cm down, deep persistent 75-80cm down. Deep persistent is sitting on weak, sugary crystals. Snowpack overall is very dense. We could not get deep persistent to fail during compression test.