Destiny Ridge

Quick report

Weather

warm, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, alpineSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, crusty

Better skiing than expected even in Alpine terrain. Did not see any signs of recent avalanche activity on the steeper alpine slopes along destiny ridge. No cracking or whumphing observed.

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

moderate

Sky Condition

overcast

New Snow24 Hours

2

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

snow

Snowpack

Depth

120

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

NE

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

2286

Ski Penetration

15

Test Initiation

moderate

Foot Penetration

85

Test Failure Depth

18

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Temp gradient: Surface -3.9 T10 -7 120 -3.9 110 -7 100 -7.6 90 -5.6 80 -4.4 70 -3.3 60 -2.2 50 -1.8 40 -1 30 -0.9 20 -0.5 10 -0.3 0 0 Hardness 120-118 pp fist 118-110 fist df 110-80 4 finger 80-78 1 finger 78-68 4 finger minus 68-35 4 finger 35-0 1 finger ectn 15 down 18 Ectn 26 down 30 Ectn 12 down 18 ECTN 24 down 30 CtM 12 down 18cm SC RP Could not obviously find the Nov 13 rain crust, consistent failures down 18cm in the moderate and 30cm in the hard, no propagation in ECT. No depth hoar observed