Three Gardsmen

Quick report

Weather

windy, warm, sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

hard, windAffected, crusty

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Conditions were pretty bad. Wind effected everywhere resulting in hard, icy conditions. Some Whumpfing was observed in small pockets of wind slab but because of the strong winds these were hard to find even if you were looking at them. We stayed on mellow terrain to keep speed down in the icy conditions. There was evidence of past avalanches but these would have likely occurred prior to the wind event that effectively scoured the pass. See accompanying photos.

Weather

Avg Temp

-8

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

clear

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Elevation

1200

Test Initiation

none

Foot Penetration

0

Site Elevation Band

alp, tln

Surface Conditions

crust, variable

Whumpfing Observed

1

Snow conditions ranging from icy to very hard. Made for some weird, hard striations in the "snow". We did not do a test of the snow pack because it was uniformly hard facets with large and well developed Depth hoar facets.