Rummel Lake Hike

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny, warm

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

openTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

We hiked into Rummel Lake to check out early conditions and get a feel for gear. No skis yet since coverage is very limited. We had fairly consistent conditions from the road (~1800m) through Rummel lake (~2200m) all below treeline. Snow was very soft throughout. Snow depth at 2200m was 25cm and had a very thin crust about 5cm down. Surface hoar was present most heavily between 1950m-2150m. Temperatures rose very quickly for us from -17C at 8:30am to -2 by around 11:00am.

Weather

Avg Temp

-2

Max Temp

-1

Min Temp

-19

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

clear

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

25

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

E

Test Initiation

none

Foot Penetration

25

Site Elevation Band

btl

Surface Conditions

surfaceHoar