White Queen
Quick reportflagler.grant · Dec 8, 2025 · Ymir
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, stormy, warm
- Ride Type
- cutBlocks, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, heavy
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Skinned up to ridgetop on White Queen; Found up to 70cm of F to 4F snow sitting on the Nov MFcr; HS ranges from 70cm in the parking lot to 110cm at ridgetop. No signs of instability or recent avalanche activity, however visibility was quite poor - limited observations. Snowing approx. 3cm/hour throughout most of the day. Surface moist upon return to parking lot elevation (1500m).
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 3
- Wind Direction
- S
- New Snow24 Hours
- 0
- Storm Start Date
- 2025-12-07
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Wx observed at 2000m: Winds sustained in upper end of light and gusting into moderate range. Temp. -3.7. Snowing at a rate of 3cm/hour Wx at 1500m: Temp @ 1000 = -0..3; Temp at 1500m @ 1300 = 0.7. Snowing at a rate of 3cm/hour
Snowpack
- Depth
- 115
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Up to 70cm of F to 4F snow overlying the Nov 20th MFcr. Ski tests on steeper features lead to sluffing within the new snow but no signs of deeper instability. Suspect with warming and additional precip. that we will begin to see reactivity within the storm snow.