Back of Big White 28 March
Snowpackoscar.ichim · Mar 23, 2023 · South Okanagan
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Regional avalanche danger of Low. Local conditions conducive to a great day. We rode N and NE slopes at back of Tbar and Falcon chair. Riding conditions were dry powder from 15cm storm 2 days prior. Cold morning of -9C and shady N aspect kept the snow in pristine conditions. Some localised crusted areas in the NW slopes (likely from previous week warm temps) when we walked up so kept to more N and NE slopes for the ascent. Did not dig pit as had done so last week, now with 10-15cm of recent snow on top. Bluebird sunny day with predominantly N wind, with strong gusts at times (likely funneling in on ridge, as forecast was for E wind) - low to nonexistent wind conditions at top of treeline on N aspect.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -3
- Max Temp
- 1
- Min Temp
- -9
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- NE
- Storm Start Date
- 2023-03-26
- Storm Snow Amount
- 15
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 260
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Site Elevation
- 2200
- Foot Penetration
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow