Gorge

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy

Ride Type

openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Rode Gorge 15km area Sun Mar 23. Stormy conditions, heavy snowfall throughout the day. Over 2cm falling per hour There was about 5-10cm of fresh storm snow that had fallen in the past few hours. On SE slopes, this storm snow covered a crust. On NE and NW slopes, there was no crust beneath the storm snow. NE and NW slopes provided great riding. We were able to trigger 5-10cm storm slabs by ski cutting convexities on all aspects. We dug a pit on a NE aspect, 2060m HS: 320cm Snow hardness: -1 fist for 0-30cm -4 fingers 30cm-50cm -1 finger 50cm-90cm -crust at 90cm -another crust at 120cm Generally the upper 90cm of the snowpack appeared right-side up. Compression test: CTE: - failure with 5 taps, non-planar break, new storm snow about 10cm deep CTM: - failure with 2 taps, resistant planar, 25cm. - failure with 7 taps, resistant planar, 50cm CTH: - failure with 6 taps,, resistant planar, 90cm, on crust