Grizzly Shoulder
SnowpackBryce · Feb 27, 2021 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
Temperatures were t-shirt weather for the up track but you need a shell to keep all that deep deep pow away. :)
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -2
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Precipitation Type
- none
It was beautiful out! Bit of sun peaking through the light clouds and a dusting of snow In the am in the sunshine. AMAZING DAY!
Snowpack
- Depth
- 270
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1151
- Ski Penetration
- 25
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Snowpack appeared to compress and blow out the sides during compression but no layer cracks began until 15 (5-Elbow) 40cm from the top in a 150cm deep pit. Separation of the layers began at 18 (8-Elbow). Bonding between layers appeared to be relatively good in our test location. Unfortunately it was only on a 20 degree slope fairly close to the valley bottom.